CHAOS IS THE BOMB
22.25” x 27.5” x 1”
High-fired ceramic, wood, stain
A Craftsman style oak frame holds ceramic tiles depicting contemporary mass media words circulating in an atomic bombs bulging mushroom cloud rising over bent palm trees referencing the photos from the atomic bomb test sites at the Bikini Atoll and the Marshall Islands between 1946-58.
Chaos is The Bomb references the disinformation campaign that ramped up in 2016, and started well before the USA presidential election. It now runs rampant throughout the globe, trying to destabilize democracy. There is no need for a bomb when the stock market is effected by a tweet and elections are won with bots and lies. Words are weapons. Two flags sit at the center of the mushroom stem. After the destruction caused by fake news and a reality TV show host, one asks the question, “Who will set up the new world order?”
- Framed: 22.5 x 27.5 x 1 in (57.15 x 69.85 x 2.54 cm)
- Subject Matter: political
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