Lost Laborer

Lost Laborer

Oliver Hawk

2026

Medium: tools, uniform, chain mail helmet, etc.

Dimensions: 48.00" × 60.00" × 8.00"

Price: Price on Request

Description: This reconstructed worker is displayed alongside specialized tools, hacked equipment, and a catalytic converter, together forming an archaeological specimen from the early twenty-first century. His clothing and protective layers suggest a life in which professional identity, personal life, and physical survival have become inseparable. The pursuit of catalytic converters while under the influence becomes a critical quest for survival—an improvised form of labor shaped by chemical dependency, circumstance, and a society that has abandoned its working class.

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