Football and Oil
by James McCormack
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42.000 x 29.700 cm.
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Title
Football and Oil
Artist
James McCormack
Medium
Painting - Gouache On Paper
Description
Football and Oil is a painting of football, or soccer, players in the middle of a match on a green field against a blue sky. The players are colourless except for black shorts and logos representing oil, or more specifically petrodollars. The ball drips black oil, as do some of the players. Their eyes are covered with oil, blinding them.
Recent environmental protests against artworks have prompted me to highlight the collusion between oil consumers (yes you and your country) and producers, blinding us to their influence over sports, banks, governments, business, laws, cartels, even human rights. I am not suggesting that the government of Qatar, hosting the world cup, is necessarily corrupt, but their economic interests and record on human rights are certainly converge with the interest of all large oil companies and environmental polluters , both in Qatar and outside it.
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November 24th, 2022
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Comments (7)
Gaby Ethington
Powerful statement art!
James McCormack replied:
Thanks Gaby, trying to get the message across without being too "in your face" obvious.
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