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Installation view, Austin Martin White, 'Last Dance', Capitain Petzel, 2022
Austin Martin White
bathers (fordlandia), 2022Ball point pen on paperSigned and dated versoPaper dimensions:
93 x 72 cm / 36.6 x 28.4 inches
Framed dimensions:
98.2 x 77.2 cm / 38.7 x 30.4 inchesB-AMWHITE-.22-0026$ 6,500.00In the Fordlândia series, Austin Martin White references Henry Ford’s megalomanic project in the Amazon Rainforest, originally established in 1928. Ford’s vision was to gain complete control over all essential...In the Fordlândia series, Austin Martin White references Henry Ford’s
megalomanic project in the Amazon Rainforest, originally established in 1928.
Ford’s vision was to gain complete control over all essential branches of the
automobile industry — Fordlândia being the center to harvest cultivated
rubber. The local and indigenous workers were suffering from inhumane
working conditions and foreign conventions forced upon them. Ultimately,
Ford’s project failed and the city of Fordlândia was abandoned in 1934.2of 2
