Jonas

Studio Orta - 7128
Studio Orta - 7128
Studio Orta - 7128
Studio Orta - 7128

Date: 2014
Ref: 7127
Materials: Aluminium, polychrome (This is an A.P. in an edition four)
Dimensions: 180 x 100 x 150 cm (3 + 2 AP)
Exhibition history: 2014 Parc de la Villette, Paris, France
Courtesy: Lucy + Jorge Orta

Jonas is the name of a child who frequents the Parc de la Villette in Paris. He balances on milk churns that have been knocked over, symbolising all the milk spilt by European diary farmers protesting against crippling agricultral reforms. His posture and the associated objets evoke the themes of Lucy + Jorge Orta's survey exhibition Food / Water / Life, which took place in the park's contemporary gallery from May to September 2014.