Shop > Multiples
#13710
Basic Needs (Hairbrush)
- Artist
- Sofy Mesa
- Price
- $50.00
- Date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Sofy Mesa
- Format
- Multiples
- Size
- 11 × 28 × 8 cm
Basic Needs is a series of soft sculptures created by Toronto artist Sofy Mesa. Using the cyanotype photogram process in which light-sensitive chemicals and natural UV light are used to take an imprint of an object, each object depicted in the series is one that Ontario Works considers a ‘basic need’ when determining the amount of an individual’s monthly welfare payment. The resulting sculptures are representations of what it means to have basic needs and to be comfortable on a fixed income—an income that rarely, if ever, allows its recipient to survive in the city.
Related Items
- Art Metropole
- 896 College St
- Toronto, Ontario
- M6H 1A4 Canada
- +1 416 703 4400
- Hours:
- Tuesday to Sunday
- 11AM to 6PM
Art Metropole is a non-profit artist-run centre established 1974 as a division of Art-Official Inc. We are grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, as well as our donors, members and volunteers.
Your donation assists in the development of contemporary art practices and programs for the general public. Art Metropole is certified by the Ontario Living Wage Network.
- Toronto Arts Council
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Canada Council
- Ontario Arts Council
