I care about clarity in my artwork, but cannot claim that my intentions automatically make my works explicit and clear for the audience. I have always endeavored to have a reason for every element in my work, even the color. In this work, you can see a white ceramic rhino that is only covered with a transparent glaze. This white, immaculate color portrays the purity of the rhino and the fact that it has been belittled and humiliated like a mouse through an exaggerated scaling effect which minimizes the rhino, who are ironically considered to be the second biggest animal after elephants. Additionally, the contrast between the immaculate white rhino, and the fence and the dusty, worn-out wooden part of the mousetrap can be an indicator of the cruelties done to rhinos or animal cruelty in general. The audience can take part in this work; they can open or close the cage or even take the rhino out. This fact directly ties into humans’ involvement in nature, and their decisions regarding their interactions with nature and animals.
