Once Upon a Time There Was Oil (Car on Beach) 1981

Editor: This is Terry Setch's "Once Upon a Time There Was Oil (Car on Beach)," it looks like charcoal on paper. It's incredibly dark and chaotic. What do you make of this scene? Curator: This piece screams of ecological disaster, doesn't it? The title implicates our reliance on oil, and the wrecked car becomes a symbol of that destructive dependency. It forces us to confront the socio-political consequences of our choices. How does it sit with you, knowing the history of oil exploitation? Editor: It's unsettling, the way it connects personal transportation to this larger environmental crisis. I hadn't considered how directly it challenges our complicity. Curator: Exactly! Art like this serves as a potent critique, questioning the very systems we operate within. It's about linking individual actions to global consequences.