It Wears Me Out, My Fake Plastic World
by theflowinart
$2,600
Repurposed art. Acrylic paint on old plastic street sign. Inspired by the song “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead, I contemplated our modern relationship with nature amidst a capitalist society. Discovering an old State Farm Ad sign in an alley, I saw it as the perfect canvas for my thoughts. Coming from a big city like Chicago, it can be rare when we can have uninterrupted moments with nature. We isolate ourselves in our office desks or our bedrooms, and it’s because we don’t know any better. I feel many people don’t feel they have a purpose anymore. What is the point if the world is crumbling around us? So we distract and isolate ourselves. But it is in the few moments I can have sitting with the grass and the trees where everything feels less heavy. I can finally take a deep breath, and take off my headphones. The world feels less plastic, less fake. The digital haze wears off and I finally feel alive again. I feel connected to an energy that is beyond me, and it is then when I feel I have a purpose here. To be alive, and to love, even in the midst of chaos. This painting was a tribute to reconnecting with that feeling.