Extinction event (3-2019)

Size: 63 W x 63 H x 13.8 in

Materials: Paper mache on canvas

Description: White relief. Painted paper mache on a plain canvas base.

The organic composition is made of strips of paper mache, fixed on canvas, finished by white paint.

The strips measure up to 30 centimeters in lenth and 20 centimeters in height.

I see a comet hurling through the earth’s atmosphere, just moments before impact. This work is inspired by the comet that impacted the earth 65 million years ago and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, paving the way for the evolution of humans. Ironically, today, humans are the cause of the sixth mass extinction with many species already lost.

It is large but not heavy (approx.15 kg).