Why Do We Walk Past Those in Need of Our Help?
<p>A story appeared in the art press recently about an incident in which police in London were called to a gallery to assist a woman who was seen sitting at a table slumped over with her head down on the surface. She hadn’t moved for two hours, a concerned passer-by told the police when they arrived.</p>
<p>The officers took the locked door off its hinges to get inside and assist the woman, but found that she was actually a life-sized sculpture. It was a work by the American artist <a href="http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Jenkins</a>.</p>
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<p>Mark Jenkins, Kristina (2022) via Instagram</p>
<p>Jenkins’ art has been called ‘provocative’. It’s certainly eye-catching, although I’m not sure he is deliberately trying to provoke. If anything I would describe it as quietly disturbing rather than provocative, particularly his <a href="http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">street art installations</a>. Some of his work is amusing and surreal, and easy to identify as art.</p>
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