Sarin
Acrylic on canvas. 75 X 75cm 2002

Japanese temples often have a place to hang wishes, prayers, or the names of loved ones - sometimes in great bunches of coloured paper. This image takes that idea and themes the little cards with (in Japanese) the chemical composition of Sarin nerve gas and the names of the Tokyo subway stations that the gas affected in an attack on the subways in 1995.