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Slave Labour (Bunting Boy)
YEAR
2012
MEDIUM
Spray paint / stencil
LOCATION
Wood Green, North London
COUNTRY
UK
[ DESCRIPTION ]
A child labourer, hunched and exhausted, sewing Union Jack bunting flags on an industrial sewing machine.
[ CRITICAL ANALYSIS ]
Appeared during the build-up to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, this work connects British national celebration to the global exploitation of child labour — pointing to the hidden supply chains behind the flags and bunting that decorate festivities.
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