Jjenna Hupp Andrews, American
The Second Grace: Purity, 2016
This sculpture reminds individuals that justice for the City of Flint has not yet been served. The Justice Scales juxtaposed to the water bottle containing contaminated water draws a direct connection between the Flint Water Crisis and the lack of response from public officials. The addition of Flint water within the human figure itself seems to suggest the ways in which contaminated water affects all parts of the body, while also suggesting the permeability of the skin. The use of plastic bottles not only alludes to the residents’ reliance on bottled water as their sole source of clean, safe drinking water but also of the sheer abundance of water bottle waste and consumption that accompanies this crisis. Label by Grace Moser