Grindedrab (1944), Sámal Joensen-Mikines
Olie på lærred, 170 x 200 cm.

Motivet er næsten blevet synonymt med Mikines’ kunst. Mere færøsk kan det ikke blive, men i de første billeder fra 1940erne ligger måske også en henvisning til Slaget om Atlanten under 2. verdenskrig.

Hvalspydenes diagonaler bringer orden ind i det dynamiske sceneri. Det minder om et relief og er da også inspireret af klassisk europæisk kunst (Uccello Delacroix).

Dramaet understreges af de mørke silhuetter mod den lysende sol og det blodrøde hav, der samtidig giver sceneriet en kosmisk dimension.

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Sámal Joensen-Mikines
(1906-79)
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