BARBECUED ROSE

What are we consuming when consumption destroys our lifeline?

Barbecued Rose, 2002 & 2026
Glass, stainless steel and charcoal 
Unique work
H142 x W100 x D100cm
© Mark Humphrey

“BARBECUED ROSE BRINGS TOGETHER A COFFEE TABLE, BARBECUE AND RED ROSE TO CONFRONT THE DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF MASS CONSUMPTION. THE STAINLESS STEEL BASE FILLED WITH CHARCOAL BECOMES THE GRILL, WHILE THE GOLD LEAF KILN GLASS TABLETOP EVOKES THE BURNING EMBERS BENEATH THE ROSE. THE RED ROSE, A SYMBOL OF OUR LOVE FOR THE PLANET, IS PLACED AT THE CENTRE OF THE FIRE.

FOSSIL FUELS, POLLUTION, RISING TEMPERATURES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF NATURAL HABITATS CONVERGE IN A WORK WHERE WHAT WE LOVE IS PLACED AT RISK BY WHAT WE CONSUME.”

Mark Humphrey