2012 45cm x 45cm x 5cm
sculpture: wire, paper-mache, plaster and archival photographic print

Winds Of Change shows a peaceful scene invaded by an angry Greek protester surrounded by the European Union stars and includes graffiti from the streets of Athens: ‘IMF get out’. It depicts the tumultuous relationship between Greece and the European Union, as Greeces' EU status still hangs in the balance.

Cash, Clash & Climate - MASLEN & MEHRA

All the sculptures in this series are hand-made by Maslen & Mehra using wire, paper-mâché and decoupage. Cash: For this collection the works explore bailouts, credit culture, money made from war, tampon tax, housing bubbles, natural capital, the commodification of food staples and the almost religious status that money has reached in our times. Clash: Social unrest from Istanbul to Athens, the use of social media to organize protests, the charged debate concerning gun control and gun rights in the US and even the London riots of 2011 feature. Climate: This theme loosely covers environmental topics such as chronic pollution as a heavy cost for economic power in China, melting ice caps, the opposing views of climate change, the legacy of radiation from Japans nuclear disaster and the untimely death of a sperm whale in Spain from ingesting 17kg of plastics generated for British and European supermarkets.