Pessimism

Pessimism

Here are seven different views of the topiary garden, which is in the grounds of Wiveton Hall. I have of course collaged them together and added the sky and tree line behind them. Then there is the window which I have ‘draped’ on the foliage, as if to dry. This was at S-21 Tuol Slang, which was a secondary school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was used by the Khymer Rouge as a jail/ torture centre before the unfortunate victims were driven to the infamous killing fields. Looking out from the schoolroom window (with bars) is Tom, my nephew. We visited the museum that it has now become. Ghastly. I placed some rusty metal chains behind Tom to accentuate the horror. Tom didn’t look too pleased either…I want to express natural beauty and human despair.

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