" NAIROBI GROWTH "
Robert Bateman

Original Acrylic on Board
36" x 36"
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"Growth is good. Growth is bad. During the 20th century we seem to have been obsessed with
growth and bigger is better as virtues. But unbridled growth of almost anything can be disastrous.
This especially applies to human population. It is hard on the present generation but also on
future generations and especially on nature.

This view from the air of a Nairobi slum brought it home to me. Without a change in philosophy
the future of human settlement will look increasingly like this. Soaring above I have painted two
white-backed vultures, perhaps one of the few creatures that will be compatible
with this blighted future." - Robert Bateman

  

Nairobi Growth - Robert Bateman

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