Profits & Poisons
45cm x 45cm x 5cm
sculpture: wire, paper-mache, and collaged archival photo

Profits and Poisons sees a 17th century Chinese Kraak porcelain plate adapted to include city professionals donning masks to protect against pollution. They are encircled by a series of eight miniature images of the most polluted cities in China. Economic success can come at a very high cost. December 2014 saw China impose record fines on corporate polluters. Will unprecedented levels of pollution that directly affects millions of people force
China to lead the way with environmental solutions?