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A woodcut image depicting a hooded, skeletal figure made of objects looming over a fearful, emaciated elderly woman. Text reads: THE STRUGGLE IS AGAINST THE STUFF.

A woodcut image depicting a hooded, skeletal figure made of objects looming over a fearful, emaciated elderly woman. Text reads: THE STRUGGLE IS AGAINST THE STUFF.

Choosing Käthe Kollwitz's *Woman Struggling with Death* as the sole source of inspiration: Poster Visual Concept: 1. Composition and Subject: Almost directly adopting the original composition. At the center of the image is a naked or ragged elderly woman, leaning backward, her face a mixture of fear and despair. 2. Transformation of the "Opponent": What presses upon her is no longer a skeletal Grim Reaper, but a "monster of objects"—a humanoid figure formed from countless twisted and tangled objects (cardboard boxes, old furniture, tattered clothes, medicine bottles). This monster has no specific face, composed only of the chaotic lines of the objects, but its posture and hand positions are completely consistent with the Grim Reaper's pose in the original work. 3. Artistic Style: · Technique: Completely imitating Kollwitz's woodcut style. Using only black and white, without any gray tones. · Lines: Using bold, powerful, and dynamic sculpted lines to express the dynamism of the struggle and the texture of the objects. • **Contrast of Light and Shadow:** Utilizing extreme black and white contrast, the "monster of clutter" is mostly shrouded in heavy black, while the old man's body, struggling, comes into contact with light, appearing as a bright spot against the black background, symbolizing a faint will to survive. 4. **Text:** At the bottom of the poster, in a slightly damaged, engraved font, write the keywords: "THE STRUGGLE IS AGAINST THE STUFF" or "OBSCURED BY See more