Oil, Canvas
180 × 320 mm
7.2 × 12.8 in
Unique
This work depicts ants climbing over a cigarette butt. When I go for walks, I often see ants walking across discarded cigarette ends. Watching them, I’m struck by how they move over whatever lies on the ground without a second thought.
It feels reassuring—like the object is freed from its meaning or function and returns to being just a shape.
The subtitle text was sampled from the 2021 film Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal.
