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The Show of Cruelty
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 2024
Artist: Chiara Cossu
Dimensions:
Medal: 85 × 80 mm (8.5 × 8 cm)
Medium: Bronze
Object number: J.2026.7.CC
DescriptionBronze medal from the British Art Medal Society student project 2024, titled The Show of Cruelty. One side shows elephant in circus, another side shows two elephants in wild.
Description from BAMS Student Medal Project XXXI 2024:
The use of animals in the circus involves confinement, unnatural conditions, and horrible training methods. Animals are not ours to use for entertainment. I addressed this theme for my medal because I wanted to give voice to all those animals who are still under the extreme circumstances of the circus's brutality and prey of selfish man. I show the contrast of freedom had captivity on the two sides of the medal, separated by a different destiny'.
Description from BAMS Student Medal Project XXXI 2024:
The use of animals in the circus involves confinement, unnatural conditions, and horrible training methods. Animals are not ours to use for entertainment. I addressed this theme for my medal because I wanted to give voice to all those animals who are still under the extreme circumstances of the circus's brutality and prey of selfish man. I show the contrast of freedom had captivity on the two sides of the medal, separated by a different destiny'.