Another Kind of Violence
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
t i n , enamel, acrylic, paper, wood and assorted objects
35 1/2” x 40” (90 cm x 102 cm)

Another kind of violence speaks aboutthe flavored violence we experience in our daily lives. How the corporate world projects the idea of “happiness” although outside the bubble a different and violent reality exists.

The rodent that carries sickness and plague is now turned into the most popular cartoon character. Now this cuddly cartoon character —todays comic icon tells us what to buy? Like ice cream gives us that satisfaction… made more likeable by the cute mousy slurp.

Those Church ivory icons consumed religiously by pilgrims surly to get closer to God.. Behind each death wish is the violent poaching of thousands of elephants for that profitable tusk trade. Oh and our screen hero…quick on the draw gun visuals perpetuate the daily wars that plague our planet. We are nurtured at a young age to perceive things otherwise. Desire is a culture-strafing, more violent than the risk of cancer.

-Kawayan de Guia