Doughnut and Egg by Amarachi Okafor (Orie) | Artwork Archive

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Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Doughnut and Egg, 2019
Recovered cigarette filters from smoked cigarettes, Adhesive
17 x 89 x 19 cm (6.69 x 35.04 x 7.48 in)

My other favorites were the two cigarette-filter works. Balls of fufu made out of cigarette filters... what a powerful way to express a failure to share with others.---- JULIAN LUCAS

What things do we adapt to, consume and enjoy? Why, and How?

As individuals, communities and governments, are we all looking after the people that have been placed in our care? Are we carrying on with such unhealthy practices as selfishly consuming resources that are unhealthy for us because this is, or appears to be enjoyable today?

Subject Matter: Experimental
Collections: 0. Plastics, 2. Recovered Cork Paper/ Filters from stubbed cigarettes: Materiality

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