"Orange Bolt" Sculpture

I used to be a figurative painter but recently decided I couldn’t continue making pretty pictures given what is going on in the world. It’s artists’ responsibility to reflect the times and speak out. Given the overproduction of things, I repurpose plastic car parts, sheet metal, etc., and regularly go to dumpsters. My work is about sustainability, consumerism, robots in industry (with resulting unemployment, inequality, poverty), and climate change, about a society that prioritizes profit with a total disregard for the environment and all life on Earth. The repurposed pieces are a tribute to people’s ingenuity, engineering feats, ability to imagine, design and build. I aim to provoke reflection/discussion about major social issues, to create with repurposed objects aesthetically stimulating, thought provoking, beautiful pieces that deal with serious, dire issues.