Helen Johnson
Denial, 2019
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
198 x 137 cm
78 x 54 in
78 x 54 in
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In this painting, a scene containing numerous anthropomorphised plants is overlaid with a scene containing numerous anthropomorphised animals, as a human figure overlaid on top of them all thinks 'this...
In this painting, a scene containing numerous anthropomorphised plants is overlaid with a scene containing numerous anthropomorphised animals, as a human figure overlaid on top of them all thinks 'this better be good'; waiting for the spectacle of ecological collapse, and by and large incapable of valuing other forms of life outside human-determined frameworks. Recently in Australia we have had police beating and pepper-spraying climate protesters. The prime minister referred to the protesters as 'selfish and indulgent'. This was followed by a move on the part of the federal government seeking to outlaw the boycotting of corporations based on environmental concerns. These are the depths of denial that we are plumbing.
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