
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
March 8, 2013
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