The Hands of Torture

Artist Statement

The Hands of Torture

Cameron

My piece is a globe with normal sized hands around it. Some of the hand around the globe are tortured and a few of the hands are trying to help the other hands. My project materials consist of clay, a globe, and hot glue to adhere the two.

After we read The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I was very interested in the subject of torture. I chose the subject of no torture because it is one of the most serious subjects. I wanted to learn more about this because I would like to do something to help the people that are going through this tragedy. I am trying to put out a message that there are humans out there being beaten, tortured, and raped. There are some people who are making an effort to stop this, and I want to try to get more people to recognize this and maybe become one of the helping hands.

There are many places round the world where individuals or governments use torture techniques. Some of these places even claim to be countries of asylum. Through my research I concluded that one of the most abusive and worst countries of torture is Syria. I know this because all of the torture articles I could find were based on Syria. In 2016 the United Nations identified that 13.5 million Syrians required help, 6 million Syrians were displaced inside Syria, and there are 5 million are refugees outside of the country. This is from a total population of 22 million. That’s 61% of Syria's population that have left, been displaced, or need help.

My inspiration to do this piece of art was Mrs. Pillsbury. She gave me the idea about the globe and clay hands. I followed through with her idea and I hope leaves an impact on the viewers.