Plastik Kembali Catalog 2024 - Flipbook - Page 207
While sipping an “Old Fashioned Greed” cocktail, saunter over to the artworks
“Gilded Age Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4” – where waste textile is morphed into textured waves, in
Plastik Kembali’s signature “Bronze Age” technique.
Discussion:
Starting in the 1980s and continuing to present day, the “Second Gilded Age” is named
for its resemblance to the “First Gilded Age” of the 1870s to 1890s, a period marked by
laissez-faire capitalism, political corruption and wealth inequality. Historians disagree over
what exact time period constitutes the Second Gilded Age, while others argue that no
such period exists. Do you think we are in a “Second Guilded Age?” Why or why not?
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