Thursday, October 6, 2022

Lenka Clayton | Tragically, The World's Oldest Person Keeps Dying




Lenka Clayton
Tragically, The World's Oldest Person Keeps Dying
Sackville, Canada: Struts Gallery, 2021
18 x 24"
Edition of 500

The second in a series of eight artist posters published by Struts Gallery in Sackville, New Brunswick. Other artists in the series include Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, Séamus Gallagher, Celine Huyghebaert, Andrea Mortson, Jon Klassen and others.


"1. The oldest person in the world is immortal.
2. In the time it takes to read this poster eighteen people were born, and seven people died.
3. My paternal grandmother Hilda Clayton lived to be one hundred years old. In her last few months of life, as her body slowly unravelled, my dad would ask her how she was. "Getting better every day, David!”, she always replied. 
4. For a fraction of a second, each one of us has held the title of being the world’s youngest person. "
- Lenka Clayton

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