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Erik Pevernagie

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object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Consumers' Dream.(100 x 80cm) , by Erik Pevernagie, oil on canvas.


How often do we not scold or call ourselves to order? If our needs are utterly fulfilled, it may be that we still remain unsatisfied. By creating additional wants or artificial wishes, we generate a cascade of new desires that outshines our search for genuine needs. Through our loss of authenticity, we fade away in the vapor of pathetic shallowness or vanish into the flamboyance of trivial limelight.

Is consumption a "life purpose?"

Consumers, however, are trapped by over-consumption and guided by phony enjoyment. Consumption is felt as a remedy against boredom and gives a sensation of power and supremacy, providing a feeling of standing out from the crowd by the extravagance of the purchases.

Many seem to suffer from an "obsessive-compulsive disorder," as they want to buy, with money, which they don't have, things they do not need at all.

In spite of the many financial miscalculations, a lot of people remain enslaved, and the hidden persuaders keep on holding their victims in their power.


Phenomenon: Consumption

Factual starting point of the pictureː Person with shopping cart

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Date 1999
date QS:P571,+1999-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Erik Pevernagie

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