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Monsters of the Universe 2 (They're still at it)! !st version Published by Faine Conteporary Art in 2012. 2nd version Reworked 2014 Balance of edition reworked in 2017 as 8 mono-prints an published by Chalk and Vermilion
This is the third print motivated by bankers and the banking crisis it is specifically aimed at the personal greed of individual bankers and their cavalier attitude towards other people’s money. The primary forms for this print are World Series poker chips with a diamond dusted Dealer disk at the centre. The implication being that bankers treated trading is if they were in a casino. The title refers to the American bankers’ self proclaimed epithet ‘Masters of the Universe’. As Al Pacino at the end of the movie The Devils Advocate says “Vanity was always my favourite”. The background text is an alphabet of alliterated phrases that seemed to reflect the bankers actions and attitudes and the proclivities of those who conspired to enable them to make excessive profits irrespective of their social costs – bloated bonuses, legalised larceny, weasel watchdogs etc. Monsters of the Universe is a signed limited edition comprising 5 digital prints on canvas, finished with a hand painted protection varnish, a painted hi-gloss glaze on the chips and a diamond dusted dealer disk. |
Canvases from 2014
