Shocked, aghast, angry (and only at second sight appalled), the eye-witnesses react to the wretched individuals masturbating, living in cardboard boxes, cleaning latrines, digging their own graves, in their role of people as disposable items. Sierra therefore degrades his protagonists to usable objects and pays them back with small change. It would be easy to accuse Sierra of being a cynical manipulator, but only when people have hit rock bottom does it become clear how much dignity they stand to lose. One would not treat a dog this way, which is precisely the comparison Sierra does not avoid when it comes to demanding a submissive 'dog-like' attitude from people who have nothing to lose, as a way of exhibiting their own worthlessness. A tattooed line 250 centimetres long runs like a cord across the backs of six young Cubans and holds them, their faces turned to the wall, in the same demeaning position. McBride grew up in Chicago, attended the Art Institute of Chicago then the University of Vermont and finally graduated. He is also known as a painter and sculptor. McBride is a photographer of reportage, art photography and book illustration. Where onlookers expect to see artefacts, he resorts to using human beings. Holden Luntz Gallery presents new acquisitions by Will McBride. 'As a disabled woman, it’s the easiest too. Santiago Sierra lends a hand at the lowest level of existence, in the sociotope of the slums and favelas. One woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, told me her favourite position is lying on the sofa, which she describes as 'missionary for masturbation.
