Artist Statement for Teacups Consuming Conversation
       
  Consuming Conversation is a stack of teacups as a commentary about our consumer society by Harriete Estel Berman.  

Like recurring conversations with friends over cups of tea or coffee, this works reflects the consuming conversation of our consumer society.

The use of recycled tin can packaging as my raw material addresses a spectrum of social and political issues.

Conspicuous consumption as a cultural norm flourishes in the rapid-fire pace of changing styles, models, and merchandising, even influencing the marketing of art and craft.

The precarious stack is a metaphor for the instability of our economy based on over consumption, waste and debt.

My work questions whether creativity, content, and craftsmanship are becoming yet another disposable commodity. Hopefully, this work transforms the viewers awareness of their participation and challenges their own complacency.

       
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