Things Fall Apart, 2019, mixed media, 17 x 34 in. / 43.18 x 86.36 cm.

Things Fall Apart, Ed Whitmore, 2019, mixed media, 17 x 34 in. / 43.18 x 86.36 cm.

oxidized copper and bronze metal effects paint poured inside vintage letterpress tray. augmented with ruby and larimar slabs. the title is a lift from 1919 poem by WB Yeats THE SECOND COMING: ..."things fall apart, the center cannot hold..."