Raman Uppal, United Kingdom
Playing My Part, 2022
Armed only with a watering can, one person watches a house burn. This painting shows how futile our individual actions feel towards stopping the inferno of climate change. There is a personal smallness in comparison to the problem. The fire is all-consuming, yet we are told we must “play our part” to protect the place we live. But how much of a difference can one watering can make? In this, we are paralyzed to inaction. It is corporations and governments who hold the power to change things. Transfixed by the fire, we hold our can but do not look away. Label by Lucas Theobald