Art warning the world



For the attention of the seven billion humans


"Art warning the world" is a global artwork for the Freedom's defense created by French visual artist Klaus Guingand in collaboration with 201 visual artists. For the first time in the world 202 visual artists living in 200 different countries have created a except standards artwork to warn humanity than ever before the (our) freedom was so close to disappear.



"Art warning the world" it's 200 countries, 202 artists, 202 flags, 202 videos, 202 photos and a warning translates into 135 National languages.

Together these 202 artworks are a masterpiece of art engaged which is for every human.



Convinced that the word freedom (and all that it represents and involves) will disappear from the dictionaries, Klaus Guingand invited 201 artists to it to join him to created this artwork to warn humanity of the risks that it incurs if it does not react in time. Each of these artists lives in his country. Each artist has translated into his national language (s) this warning of Klaus Guingand:

“When the word freedom ceases to appear from dictionaries,it will be too late to react."



Each artists then included this warning on its national flag and also made a one-minute video and a picture. 

These 202 artists is the Sentinels of the world, their work is a warning given to humanity. Together these artists have acted in the interest of humanity, their purpose is to inform us. Each of these artists viscerally loves his country, its history, its people and its cultures.

This artwork embodies the true humanism and proves that a global fraternity is possible. 

Art is sometimes prophetic but these 202 artists wish that the prophecy of "Art warning the world" will never materialize.



Klaus Guingand said;  “Freedom is the fundamental value of humanity.  I acted as a man and free artist contains the world status, difficulties and  (or) suffering that live or will live my contemporaries.  My priority is human, I am for an art effective and useful to Humans, because if the majority of mankind is not interested in the art, it is art is deaf and blind to the realities of the world."  


« The function of the artist »


"The artist is at the service of his time and of the population. It is the spokesperson of the victims of his time. The artist is therefore at the service of freedom and truth. He must fight for the greatest number, for the weak, for those who do not have power. The artist must speak for the greatest number and gather people."

"Faced his century, the artist can not turn away from or get lost."  Albert Camus (1913/1960) - Nobel Prize for Literature (1957).





This artwork production lasted 27 months including 17 months during which Klaus Guingand to search an artist in every country of the world.

This artwork was produced voluntarily without sponsors, sponsorship or support because freedom cannot be sold or recovered.

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