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About The Artwork
This painting was made after seeing satellite images from Grasberg Mine in Indonesia where one billion tonnes of tailings have been released into the river, polluting the fragile ecosystem and ruining land and livelihoods for people downstream. Through the corruption of the paradisiacal blue and turquoise with the colour grey, I reference the negative environmental effects of human activity on the planet. The grey paint acts as the pollutant of the paradise, moving across the surface leaving traces where it has been. This process is conceptually important to the work as it mimics the polluting tailings and runoff from mines, which leach into the pristine natural environment.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 25.6 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Jo Pye was born in Doncaster in 1990 and brought up near Middlesbrough, North East England. She is a recent graduate of Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking and studied on Erasmus at The Universität der Künste Berlin. Through her paintings she explores the impact of humanity on the world and the negative environmental and social effects of our consumer society. She has a keen interest in photography and travels widely in some of the most socially and economically challenged parts of the world as part of her research process and inspiration for work. She has a passion for sustainable development and human rights and has worked with charities in Africa, Asia and the UK.
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