Moses and the Plastic Ocean, 2017, iron frame-work, plastic netting, plastic water bottles, oil paint, 2500x1500x600cm, Commission for the Sea Art Festival 2017
Moses and the Plastic Ocean Ocean pollution caused
by the modern industrial material of plastic has emerged as a common
environmental problem faced confronted by the world as a whole. The marine life
is brought to death by plastic bottles, as evidenced by the recent case of a
dead whale found on the coast of Norway containing over thirty plastic bags in
its belly. It¡¯s
presumed that this whale died because these plastic bags covered its stomach
and it was not able to ingest food. The Indian artist SubodhKerkar was inspired
by the biblical story of Moses dividing the Red Sea to make way for the people
to cross. In order to cast a symbolic light on the environmental pollution
problems faced by nature, Kerkar used over twenty thousand disposable plastic
bottles, which is the main cause of environmental pollution, in this
labor-intensive installation.
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