Tragedy of the Child Slaves in the Mines of the Congo






Insuance

Stained basswood, pine, bamboo, Stained basswood, pine, bamboo, metal 

60.96 X 22.86 x 23.7cm

2020

The two masks with cracks are a space of tension between freedom and what holds us prisoner. The blackened bamboo bracelets are the materiality of real or financial shackles. The broken fetters in the upper part call for the hope of liberation through the efforts of the victim, supported by those around her.

https://www.gallea.ca/fr/artistes/lucien-carol-proulx-1/oeuvre/100916


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