PAIN POUR LE PROCHAIN

1999
100 x 80 cm

An old pitchfork from nothern France, a millstone for grain, and a griansack converted into a bag for provisions symbolize aid to the Third World. However, the Valais rye bread cut in two by an axe, whose point is turned towards the hands ("aid"), shows that aid is sometimes "poisoned" since it creates a power/dependancy relationship.