Tin Can Series 04 by Justin Lee

Ink transfer and ink on paper.

27.5 x 19 cm.

2023.

By questioning the purpose of things through the study of objects; purpose and given-meaning, acceptability in culture, its physical form, the material it is made of and how the usage of an object is applied in the context of a community. The investigation for these works have revealed a hidden community made up of senior citizens who live on their own, working hard each day to earn a living. Some do it through the collection of old things; newspapers, cardboard boxes, or used tin cans, et cetera. The discovery of this sub-culture living in modern Singapore has enabled the artist to draw a parallel of constructs from used or discarded objects to the study of people, history, contemporary culture, and traditional family values that are present in their personal and social network.