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Garbage tail
“Garbage Tail” is a mural completed for the IPAF Festival organized by Milsmurs in the Terres Sainville district of Fort-de-France in Martinique with the theme “Men and the Caribbean Sea”. As whale watching becomes more and more popular in the Caribbean, this work reminds us that according to scientific studies by 2050 the oceans will have more waste than fish if nothing is done.
2020
IPAF Festival. Fort-de-France. Martinique.
Acrylic
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“Garbage Tail” is made entirely with acrylic and brush, without spray paint, not only for obvious reasons of coherence with the theme but also for aesthetic desire, with a deliberately realistic rendering that appeals to the viewer’s gaze, reminding him of the urgency of the situation.
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This work, as an integral part of the Garb-age series, is a zoomorphism of the whale in a garbage bag. Like the tip of an iceberg, the tail of the whale is the only visible part of this animal symbolizing the plastic pollution in our oceans.
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