Revolution in North Africa

Werner Horvath: "The Revolution in North Africa", oil on canvas, 55 x 95 cm, 2011.

The painting depicts the Tunisian leader Ben Ali and his wife leaving the country with tons of gold, the former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and the Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi (= Qaddafi). Revolution started in Tunisia (left upper corner) and did not come to an end by bombing of Tripoli by American stealth bombers.