Silkscreen on Tar Paper, 12′ x 8′ x 5″, 2009.

On view at the Folio Weekly Invitational Exhibition at the Cummer Museum, April 15-May 31

KEY:

Tarpaper: Poorhouse material, petroleum-based, a reminder of our previous economy.

Pluto: 1.) A former planet, now considered to be two bodies of debris. 2.) The Roman god of the underworld, (from the Greek Hades,) lord of all riches held within the earth, 3.) Plutocracy: a government of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy.

Columns: Banks, trust funds, the Fed, a flimsy mockup of democracy. Now the columns are capable of supporting nothing.

Eye of God: America believed that the unprecedented upward transfer of wealth witnessed over the last decades was spiritually justified. (64% of US Christians reportedly believe that the adage “God helps those who help themselves.” is in the Bible. ((It’s actually Ben Franklin echoing Voltaire.))

The Number 2: The two Americas, there is no middle class anymore.

Black and White: Dualism, binary thinking, a zero-sum, winner-takes-all worldview.