Poison Chalice

The opioid epidemic is one of the deadliest public health crises in American history — and it was not an accident. This piece is a direct indictment of Arthur, Mortimer, and Raymond Sackler, whose company Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed OxyContin while concealing its addictive dangers.

The ceramic chalice — a symbol of power, ritual, and shared fate — bears the names of all three brothers. Around its rim, the Hippocratic Oath has been altered: the word "patient" replaced with "stakeholder." A single change that says everything about how profit displaced care.

The chalice overflows with ceramic OxyContin pills — 80mg and 60mg, the highest doses — each one a life caught in the epidemic they created.

$1,500

Dimensions: H 14in x W 7.5in x D 7.5in
Hand-built stoneware (B-Mix), with underglaze, crackle glaze, and acrylic paint

Item number: 25.002