PAINTINGS 1 - Economic Inequality
To Thomas Piketty (by way of Frank Stella)
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 black) 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.