Portfolio > PAINTINGS 1 - Economic Inequality

painting, found graphics, hard-edge geometric abstraction, income inequality, wealth inequality

To Thomas Piketty

Oil on canvas

36 x 36 inches

10 bars mark the growing percentage of income gains that went to the top 1% (in silver) vs the 99% (in maroon) over 10 periods of economic expansion from 1949 - 2012. The painting is dedicated to Thomas Piketty, economist/author of "Capital in the 21st Century," the best-seller about wealth inequality.