Of all places, this piece of art was in Chipotle! The other day, I saw this and looked at it, and said to myself, “wow, out of all places, this is here?!” I saw parts of human bodies: toes, feet, hands, fingernails, eyes, etc. What made this unique, to me, was that this piece was made of wood and some sort of metal. These materials were abstract to me because humans are made up of flesh/blood and the wood/metal is that complete opposite of that. I wonder what the artist was trying to accomplish with this. Furthermore, the body parts are composed to form a rigid square. I wonder if the person in this piece was significant to the artist. I’m curious if this piece has any relation to food, or Chipotle, where this was found.
What do you guys think? Does this piece of wood have any relationship to Chipotle?
Hey Teresa!
I found this artwork to be very interesting and a weird choice to be put into Chipotle as well. At first, when I think of an art piece at Chipotle, I would think of something that looks organic and healthy, maybe something that relates to nature. I would also think of an artwork that relates to more humanity and speaks to better treatment to not only workers but animals as well. This relief is completely the opposite of my initial perceptions and really does seem out of place. It does not look welcoming at all either, being very disorganized and almost unpleasant in nature – at least in my perspective. Additionally, I had these particular thoughts about Chipotle due to their marketing campaign about a healthy and organic product line and being less robotic and more humane. This is the ad if you wanted to check it out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtnas5ScSE