melanie bonajo (1987)
(Daisy) Last child in the woods
2017 | Ultrachrome print on Canon Luster paper | 110 × 73 cm
The children in Melanie Bonajo’s Last Child in the Woods series seem to be returning to nature. But is it a world that we would still recognise?
Synthetic hair and plastic are combined with leaves and bark in this work. It is a scavenged outfit that can only exist in a world that is half natural and half man-made.
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