Plastic Partridges
BORDALO II
Av. Professor Doutor Cavaco Silva
Edifício Tecnologia III
Like the Squirrel, the work Plastic Partridges, represented by a partridge and four chicks, forms part of a series of works by the artist Bordalo II, called Big Trash Animals, which aims to draw attention to the contemporary problem of rubbish, waste and pollution, and their effects on our planet. The Portuguese artist aims to propose a different way of looking at our habitual behaviours. The idea is to represent an image of nature, in this case animals, made with that which destroys it. The animals used are extinct or endangered local species.
