Mossy Bits -- Autumn 1995 -- page 30

[Untitled]
Sung-Eun Choi

Artist's Notes: This work plays upon the theme of the famous Rat Rat Rat that appeared in galleries across the nation a few years ago. Whereas Rat was a work of size larger than an average man, Slug is printed on a mere piece of 8.5x11 copier paper. This shrink in size symbolizes the downsizing of corporate America. The fertile rat was printed in green ink; the red of Slug signifies danger and anger. Finally, the words themselves indicate the biggest change of all. Rat -- a rodent that often feeds on human garbage. Slug -- a small shell-less mollusc or a bullet. Will America become a garden pest easily (and accidentally) squashed by stronger foe or will we it shoot its way through (and ahead of) the rest?