David Eddington
Silver Century
May 2020
total size 12' x 4' (each panel about 4 sq.)
Sumi ink and acrylic on watercolour paper
The human race: how we misuse our searching and inventive minds. The triptych is about this and questions the deployment of machines.
Strength adapted for aggression, cluster bombs, tanks destroying olive groves, warships; better utilized to harness the wind, irrigate crops and construct bridges.
It is hoped that this work will begin a reappraisal of some of society’s values. A grand hope, but why not.