pe·riph·er·al Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. 2023.
pe·riph·er·al Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. 2023.
pe·riph·er·al Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. 2023.
pe·riph·er·al Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. 2023.
pe·riph·er·al Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. 2023.
pe·riph·er·al
Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2013; Charles Sumner Museum and Archives, Washington, DC, 2023.
Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2013; Charles Sumner Museum and Archives, Washington, DC, 2023.
Resin, porcelain, gold luster, fabric, found objects, street detritus. Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2013; Charles Sumner Museum and Archives, Washington, DC, 2023.
pe·riph·er·al: of secondary or minor importance; marginal importance.
A small figure rests in a bed of resin with the remains of our small daily decisions.
Each day we make small choices. Overwhelmed when face-to-face with global issues — inundated with images too appalling to linger with — we move forward. About half the world lives in poverty. In the United States, approximately 15 million children — 21% of all children — live in poverty. We think poverty. We think other. And we continue to make small choices.
Each day. Real consequences. 7 billion people.
Psychologist Barry Schwartz describes how, faced with too many choices, people oversimplify, make poor decisions, or simply refuse to choose — doing nothing instead.
7 billion people. Making small choices. Or not.