Cocoa
Jane Higginbottom
Cocoa
Jane Higginbottom
Reference
SAS0124_004
Year
2018
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 11.5
Length: 31
Depth: 15
Length: 31
Depth: 15
Materials
Polyphant stone
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- On a plinth
- In a case
Background, history, commissioner of the work
This is a studio piece about cocoa beans and my love of chocolate. It relates to the work Coffee/Plastic.
It has been exhibited several times and shown at the Art Hound Gallery, Cambridge.
Thematic/contextual information
The theme of this work is the conflict between loving chocolate and being aware of the environmental demands that the plant requires when grown as a monocrop.
This is a study of the bean as it grows on the plant.
