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Michael Landy — We Love the Jobs You Hate (Scrapheap Services)
Michael Landy

We Love the Jobs You Hate (Scrapheap Services)

A meticulous ink drawing depicting uniformed workers engaged in menial and degrading labor, rendered with Landy's characteristic precision and dark wit. The work critiques class hierarchy and the exploitation of low-wage workers, presenting their toil with a deadpan corporate aesthetic that underscores the dehumanizing nature of service industry work. The title's sardonic cheerfulness heightens the tension between the dignity of labor and the systemic forces that assign certain people to society's most thankless tasks.

Medium
ink on paper

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Under the Influence

March 8, 2013

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Michael Landy, We Love the Jobs You Hate (Scrapheap Services)

A meticulous ink drawing depicting uniformed workers engaged in menial and degrading labor, rendered with Landy's characteristic precision and dark wit. The work critiques class hierarchy and the exploitation of low-wage workers, presenting their toil with a deadpan corporate aesthetic that underscores the dehumanizing nature of service industry work. The title's sardonic cheerfulness heightens the tension between the dignity of labor and the systemic forces that assign certain people to society's most thankless tasks.

Medium
ink on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Labor and Work, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, Social Commentary, Late 20th Century, Works on Paper, Ink Drawing, Black and White, Satirical

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