Build animals
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"We have no direct obligation to animals, only an introductory obligation. The reason why we oppose cruelty to animals is not because animals are worth caring about in and of themselves, but because cruelty to animals makes human nature cruel and heartless, and can lead to man's cruelty to man. So our only concern is with human nature, and animals are only human instruments." --Kant
"Compassion is the only basis of morality."
Drawing upon the concept of the ‘huge and silent object’ and its symbolic representation of the submissive-to-moo-strong relationship stemming from fear, it is applied to the dynamics between humans and animals. This concept captures both the human fear of absolute power and the reciprocal fear of animals towards humans, embodying the essence of both parties.
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Pastel，color pencil, pencil, paper
42 x 60 cm each
Summer 2023
