London is a metropolis with a multi-million population and a huge transport infrastructure. Driving in comfort also has a downside of air pollution. Pollution is not visible, so the sky remains blue, and the grass remains green. But if you look closely at the state of the Statues and the buildings of the city, how dust, acid rain, exhaust gases and machine oils settle on them, then the invisible becomes obvious.
As an example, for this work, I took the Statue of Justice from the Queen Victoria Memorial located in front of Buckingham Palace. It is easy to find photos of its original snow-white appearance on the internet. But if you now return to the fountain, you will see how the dirt divides the face of justice in half. Justice itself needs to be cleansed, as the planet must be cleansed of pollution. I drew one stage of the disappearance and destruction of the statue on a royal blue background, a light draw-ing symbolic of insecurity.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
122 x 91 centimetres
Price
£1,100
