These past few days I've been catching up on labeling some photo albums. (I'm almost 18 months behind now, and determined to close the gap.) In going through old pictures, I ran across this one of the girls playing on a sculpture at Lyon's fantastic Parc Tete d'Or.
At first glance, this sculpture portrays a very happy thought--people working together to lift the world to a higher plane. A closer look, however, reveals that most of the world has been omitted. Sculpted in commemoration of the G7 summit, only these seven superpower nations are shown on the globe. Everyone else is cut. A rather arrogant view of life, in my opinion. Now here's the ironic part: these seven supermen may think they are lifting the world, but there's no fulcrum. Despite their muscle and might, the only thing being hoisted is their egos.
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Italy is on, but not England? Interesting interpretation from the artist :)
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