
Person Paid to have 30 cm line tattooed on them
A stark black and white photograph documents a controversial performance work in which Sierra paid a marginalized individual to have a 30 cm line permanently tattooed on their body. The image confronts the viewer with questions of economic exploitation, bodily autonomy, and the commodification of human flesh, blurring the boundaries between art, labor, and coercion. Sierra's unflinching documentation transforms an act of transaction into a pointed critique of capitalism and social inequality.
- Medium
- black and white photograph on Fujicolor Crystal archive paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
April 8, 2014
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