Disaster Area: BP
Item
Title
Disaster Area: BP
Description
On a large oxidized oil drum reads: "B.P. STOP / THE END / OFFSHORE DRILLING / HOW TODAY / [indiscernible] IN OUR WATER W / [indiscernible] GOD FORGIVE US / [last line indiscernible]." Attached to the drum is a long metal object that resembles the neck of a crane. The assemblage is topped with three gasoline nozzles (blue, red, and silver), a toy helicopter, several rubber ducks, a concrete turtle, a jar of sand, and a scuba fin. The base is surrounded by a blue fishing net filled with several "Big Mouth Billy Bass" toys, multiple smaller oxidized oil canisters, and three black plastic propeller blades that read "OIL / SPILL / 2020" "NO / FISHING," and "DEEP WATER / HORIZON."
Across from the drum is a white door that Minter identifies as part of the assemblage. From the top of the door hangs a tangle of wire that ensnares a boot, several baby dolls, two telephones, and a metal pail.
Across from the drum is a white door that Minter identifies as part of the assemblage. From the top of the door hangs a tangle of wire that ensnares a boot, several baby dolls, two telephones, and a metal pail.
Subject
Assemblages (sculpture) See all items with this value
BP Oil Spill See all items with this value
Natural disaster See all items with this value
Creator
Minter, Joe
Language
English
Type
Assemblages (sculpture) See all items with this value
Date
Begun 2010