Adam Menezes The absence of torment

Motivated by constant exposure to news and research regarding the degradation of our environments, the concept of my body of work is of a world devoid of humanity. The absence of torment represents the infectious nature of industrialisation on a global scale. I experimented with the convergence of machines and organic matter to emphasise that the presence of machinery – from freight trains to oil rigs – remains alien in the natural world. I used greyscale tones to express a sense of decay within a scene of hostility and isolation, and to distance the work from its audience. 

Influencing artists:
Francisco de Goya
Adrián Villar Rojas