ISSUES: Shark Finning 2 – James Seet

James Seet
51(H) x 30(W) x 30(D)cm
Ceramic
2024
The artwork exposes the cruelty of killing sharks for their fins, highlighting the urgent need to preserve marine biodiversity. This geode-like vessel represents the ocean’s beauty, with vibrant sharks swimming toward the vessel’s mouth, only to lose their fins, depicted like sharp teeth around the opening. This transformation captures the brutality of shark finning, which is driven by demand for shark fin soup and threatens shark populations. Sharks are vital to ocean ecosystems, and their loss destabilizes marine life. Through this piece, the artist urges respect for these creatures and an end to the unnecessary cruelty of finning.