NPN eARTh: Rachel Reid & Khalil Chishtee
Rachel Reid
A former human rights investigator and journalist, has combined her experience with environmental and social issues with creative and thought provoking works of art that stoke the conversation of how life and plastics should coexist or the resilience of displaced neighbors on the street.
Rachel is passionate about the potential for social change through art and creative practice, and continues to do so to bring awareness to the otherwise glossed over themes of our society.
Khalil Chishtee
“Pakistani artist Khalil Chishtee takes an unwanted, meddlesome material — the plastic grocery bag — and creates sculptures that express feelings of sorrow, dejection and even victimhood. Chishtee builds human figures from these discarded objects, leaving the bags’ rough, torn edges visible to add a sense of fragility to the works.”-HiFructose Magazine
He uses the fragile nature of plastic to make his point; as it rips and fades away, it implies that the figure is also faded and aging.
“His works often express the feelings of sorrow, dejection and even victimhood. As they are created from items that are used once and then discarded adds to the layers of meaning in his work. His work is one part commentary on waste and consumption, and one part reflection of the human experience.”**