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Santiago Sierra — No Global Tour
Santiago Sierra

No Global Tour

2012

A stark black and white photograph documents Sierra's provocative intervention, in which the words "NO GLOBAL" were tattooed or inscribed across the backs of paid workers or volunteers in various international locations. The work critiques the contradictions of globalization, using human bodies as sites of political inscription while simultaneously implicating the artist himself in the exploitative systems he seeks to challenge. Sierra's blunt, confrontational approach forces viewers to reckon with the uncomfortable relationship between labor, consent, and the global circulation of capital.

Medium
black and white photograph

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Santiago Sierra, No Global Tour, 2012

A stark black and white photograph documents Sierra's provocative intervention, in which the words "NO GLOBAL" were tattooed or inscribed across the backs of paid workers or volunteers in various international locations. The work critiques the contradictions of globalization, using human bodies as sites of political inscription while simultaneously implicating the artist himself in the exploitative systems he seeks to challenge. Sierra's blunt, confrontational approach forces viewers to reckon with the uncomfortable relationship between labor, consent, and the global circulation of capital.

Medium
black and white photograph
Year
2012
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Male Artist, Provocative Mood, Conceptual Art, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, Contemporary Artist, Globalization Critique, Political Art, Photographic Series, Monochromatic, Spanish Artist, Protest And Activism

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