art and vanity

In the coming weeks we will be looking into how we, as individuals, are the driver, the response , AND the solution to unsustainable consumption, and how this has come to be. These photos show a piece of artwork by Chris Jordan in which he gathered/arranged 32,000 Barbie dolls, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006. Consumption doesn't stop with 'things' - it extends right into our bodies. For more of his interesting work in this vein, see the link at upper right of the blog page.