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Shame

María Verónica León2015

Ecuador - Biennale Arte 2015

Ecuador - Biennale Arte 2015
Venice, Italy

Another important topic the artist considered to put expressions for the virtual gold masks is the pain and exploitation of gold miners workers; the fact that there are some large high-tech mining companies exploiting gold, but there are still thousands of artisanal miners who are engaged in unregulated subsurface exploitation with unhealthy environmental conditions. As a negative balance of all this history of exploitation, thousands are left dead and maimed, emissions of heavy metals, suspended solids and chemical reagents that cause deterioration of the individual, water, air and soil pollute.

As well as some of these masks reflect the damages and pain caused to many workers, other important masks of this new collection reflect the desperation, stress, sadness, anxiety, craziness and exhaustion of our contemporary times.

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  • Title: Shame
  • Creator: Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla
  • Date Created: 2015
  • Location Created: Dubai, U.A.E.
  • Physical Dimensions: 35 x 25 cm, overall dimensions variable
  • Provenance: Artist Collection, made for the 56 Biennale di Venezia
  • Type: Photography
  • Rights: Copyright held by the artist
  • External Link: Artist web
  • Medium: Photography of 2mm Aluminium finished with hanging system. Engraved title and edition number on the reverse of the metallic frame.
Ecuador - Biennale Arte 2015

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