dimensions: 16" x 24"
media: clothing labels and oils on birch panel
statement:
This painting collages together scenes from the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds. The clothing labels, represented as birds, reveal that they were made outside the United States. The painting serves as a call to take a stand for workplace rights, including ending child labor, around the globe. The brands attack the children, driving them away from school and terrorizing them. The actresses pretend to be scared, but they don’t believe the “birds” are real. The real girls, those who work in the sweatshops, have a look of genuine dismay because they realize that the horror movie they are in is for real.