Plastic Asphyxiation Print

The allure of plastics in urban cities is ubiquitous, in what we wear, what we eat, where we live and even with what we create. It is thus difficult to criticize the overconsumption of petroleum-based products when we are so embedded in its culture. The hollow shine and dull colour of plastic has become an aesthetic in itself, a recognizable pattern of the 21st century despite the abstracting function of reflective surfaces. In this painting, flowers stand as symbols of nature and traditional still life subjects, slowly being asphyxiated by modern means of production. The process happens across a lifetime, of which this is only a still shot of the beginning.