ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The sculpture shows a shabbily-dressed man slipping off what appears to be a graph, an economic index perhaps, that is crumbling under his feet. His mouth is distended in something less than a scream, more than a cry.

ATHENS, Greece (Xinhua) – While negotiations between Greece and its creditors are at a critical point, with the country warning it is running out of cash by the end of the month, a new public sculpture in Athens highlights the devastating effect of the crisis on the Greek society and the people.

”Artist Anastasios Nyfadopoulos from Athens is the winner of a global arts Award from Red Line Art Works, a UK-based global arts project. The annual Award is for art that deals with big global concerns (such as climate change, inequality, war, poverty, patriarchy, bad leaders, etc).