Unfriendly Man over the City 1946

This intense black-and-white print, "Unfriendly Man over the City" by Hans Orlowski, is like a dark dreamscape pulled from a graphic novel. I can imagine the artist, wrestling with the block, carving out the figure of this giant—this so-called "unfriendly man"—who looms over the city like a brooding storm cloud. Is he mad? Is he dangerous? Look at his oversized hands and the way he's pointing, accusing. The lines are so sharp, so insistent; they remind me of woodcuts by artists like Käthe Kollwitz, filled with social commentary. There's a tension here—between the brute force of the figure and the delicate architecture below. I wonder, what’s the city thinking, looking up at that grimace? Are we all just tiny blocks in his path? It's the kind of image that stays with you, a reminder that art can be unsettling, confrontational, and deeply human.