Plastic in the Tide — painting by Benjamin Smit

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Plastic in the Tide

BS·251 · Protest · Recent works

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A single white plastic bottle with a red cap floats at the centre of swirling blue water, its form absurdly clear against the painted current. The water itself is treated in bravura loops of white and deep blue, beautiful on its own terms, which sharpens the irony of the intruding object. It is a small, pointed environmental protest disguised as a seascape.