Describing himself as a ‘critical fan’ of architecture, the Argentine-born artist Pablo Bronstein (b. 1977) briefly studied the discipline before transferring to art school in the late 1990s. Richly detailed architectural drawings and watercolour paintings are central to his socially critical practice, which draws on historic and contemporary reference points to critique various aspects of modern life. This large-scale watercolour was created for an exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, in which Bronstein, reflecting on the shortcomings of industrialisation and profit-driven capitalism, presented an ironic vision of Hell. Set within a Baroque rotunda, a rococo style cross representing the Internet is flanked by panels containing symbols of communication and electrical power. Parody, nostalgia and an overabundance of ornament fills the picture, exemplifying Bronstein’s aesthetic sensibility. Suffused with an ethereal golden light, it satirises society’s semi-religious veneration of technology which, as the presence of a skull suggests, can have unforeseen consequences.