2018 © Maxim Tabachnik
Instant GratificationRodel Tapaya
Monkeys with humanlike faces march in a line, each carrying oversized objects such as logs and green stalks. Their repetitive movement and burdened poses evoke the chase for quick gain and material reward. Surreal color and scale turn the scene (2018) into a fable about labor, risk, and desire, suggesting how the pursuit of instant gratification can reduce people to mechanical routines.
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