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CURIOUS ORANGE
I saw it I liked it I want it I got it
A modern day ‘Hungry Ghost’
An insatiable shopper,
fed by a global industry of greed,
speed and the illusion of endless choice
A haunting metaphor for
a consumer culture that consumes itself,
its surroundings,
and ultimately the earth it lives on
The title,
a phrase overheard on the street,
becomes both confession and indictment.
“I saw it, I liked it, I want it, I got it”
is a mantra of modern consumption,
echoing the emptiness
of want without need
Installation made
during my residency with
LMCC on Governors Island
September 2025.
Photos Cash Exum