Divided and Conquered

    "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissention, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid of enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and, sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of the public liberty." -President Washington's Farewell Address, (paragraph 21).

This piece is titled Divided and Conquered.

I created this piece using clay earth plaster, marble sand, crushed oyster shells, and earth oxide colorant, on 1/2 primed plasterboard. The piece is about 1' H X 1.6' L.

See how they work together?