
Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel, my art piece takes on a Ready-made appearance with an anti- war message behind it. This material hybrid creation is fused together with recycled materials. It examines the current climate surrounding international conflict and political warfare. On the surface it appears, that the individuals are to blame for war. They are the ones who fight and they can refuse to fight as well. However, this is not the case. My belief is that although conflict is perpetual, war is not. My sculpture illustrates that people will not fight if not forced (sculpture remains stationary), but when someone of power wants to set in motion those events. They have the power to do so (people can spin my sculpture clockwise). People have fought time and time again, no matter how worthy or meaningless a cause is. The power one person or group has to set in motion a huge epidemic is terrifying to say the least.

Universal Solider

In this series, Anhedonia (Without Please) illustrates the truth and daily life of what is endured by this illness. During a time of social distancing, and isolation, you are left alone with yourself. These works explores how social distancing can both impact you phyiscally and mentally.   You are trapped, trapped inside, trapped inside your body and trapped inside your mind. A mental illness in times like this can destroy the things you once loved and ruins the joys of living. It isolates you, consumes you and makes you realize that in the end, all that is left is you and your disease. Every ounce of your existence is dictated by the disease. For myself, it was my only companion for such a long time. The reality of living with an eating disorder is not glamourous, but in times like this it is important now, more than ever to take care of yourselves. 

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Ally Zlatar