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Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings (Oil)
40 x 53 x 1.5
$15,000.00
Artwork #
79
Artist's Statement
TOTAL (FLOODED GAS STATION)
Taking the stark graphic image of a gas station under the midday sun, in homage to Ed Ruscha’s Standard, I bring the inescapable back story of Global Warming.
A gas station is no longer the innocent object it appeared to be in 1966, when Ruscha portrayed it.
Engulfed by rising waters, today’s gas station is a victim of society’s relentless inertia in facing up to the climate crisis it has created through the burning of fossil fuels.
