American Consumption Art.

This is some of the best piece of artwork we came across for a while now & its by Jordan. Its really a beauty in which Jordan expressed so artistically the dry statistics by way of art which is sure to make a mark in the minds of the viewers. His underlying wish is to emphasize the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, & overwhelming.
To see the real beauty of this artwork you need to click & enlarge the images but we still feel what Jordan has stated holds much more weight: "this series is that the prints must be seen in person to be experienced the way they are intended. As with any large artwork, their scale carries a vital part of their substance which is lost in these little web images..................."
Jordan says "………………….. when we reflect on a difficult question in the absence of an answer, our attention can turn inward, and in that space may exist the possibility of some evolution of thought or action. So my hope is that these photographs can serve as portals to a kind of cultural self-inquiry……….."

Energizer, 2007.
60x99"

Depicts 170,000 disposable Energizer batteries, equal to fifteen minutes of Energizer battery production.

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If 170,000 batteries were depicted at their real size, the print would need to be 26x43 feet, as shown here. To depict one year of Energizer disposable battery production (six billion batteries) would require a print 26 feet high by 146 miles long.

Office Paper, 2007.
60x87"

Depicts 30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes.

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Plastic Bags, 2007.
60x72"

Depicts 60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the US every five seconds.

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Cans Seurat, 2007
60x92"

Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.

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Paper Bags, 2007
60x80"

Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.

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Cell Phones, 2007
60x100"

Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.

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Jet Trails, 2007.
60x96"

Depicts 11,000 jet trails, equal to the number of commercial flights in the US every eight hours.

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Toothpicks, 2007
60x99"

Depicts 8 million toothpicks, equal to the number of trees harvested in the US every month to make the paper for mail order catalogs.

Plastic Bottles, 2007
60x120"

Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.

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Plastic Cups, 2008.
60x90"

Depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours.

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Check out his complete work here: Link.

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