
Adrien Vermont French, b. 1981
Grassfield of no nation, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
H 70 W 50 cm
Copyright The Artist
this painting takes as reference the sentence of Ghandi 'Greatness of a nation can be measured by the way its animals are treated', thought here in counterpoint by 'greatness of...
this painting takes as reference the sentence of Ghandi "Greatness of a nation can be measured by the way its animals are treated", thought here in counterpoint by "greatness of no nation", implying the idea that animals are mistreated everywhere.
Garfield (to me embodying abusive and cynical consumerism) becomes Grassfield, Nature, and wears the hat the Trump team edited with the slogan "makes amercia great again".
It is therefore a double reading concerning also the absurdity that Trump embodies as the leader of the first world power.
Garfield (to me embodying abusive and cynical consumerism) becomes Grassfield, Nature, and wears the hat the Trump team edited with the slogan "makes amercia great again".
It is therefore a double reading concerning also the absurdity that Trump embodies as the leader of the first world power.