We have plenty of art, and important art, too…We have plenty of art in America. It is social justice which is in gruesomely short supply. - Kurt Vonnegut The consequences for contemporary artists and their work in America’s predatory capitalist economy plagued by rising financial inequality and political polarization are the same negative ramifications of greed and unbridled exploitation that now undermine social stability worldwide and ultimately could threaten the very survival of the human species. Oxfam America reports that the “Richest 1% bagged nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years…Billionaire fortunes are increasing by 2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages.” Meanwhile, the
Inequality Made Visible
Inequality Made Visible
Inequality Made Visible
We have plenty of art, and important art, too…We have plenty of art in America. It is social justice which is in gruesomely short supply. - Kurt Vonnegut The consequences for contemporary artists and their work in America’s predatory capitalist economy plagued by rising financial inequality and political polarization are the same negative ramifications of greed and unbridled exploitation that now undermine social stability worldwide and ultimately could threaten the very survival of the human species. Oxfam America reports that the “Richest 1% bagged nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years…Billionaire fortunes are increasing by 2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages.” Meanwhile, the