“When I first saw the original painting, I began to do some research on
that little boy. I could find everything I wanted about every other
detail in the painting, but there was nothing about him. No history. And
so I wanted to find a way to imagine a life for this young man that the
historical painting had never made space for in the composition: his
desires, dreams, family, thoughts, hopes. Those things were never
subjects that the original artist wanted the viewer to contemplate. In
order to reframe the discussion, I decided to physically take action to
quiet [and crumple] the side of the painting that we’ve been talking
about for a very long time and turn up the volume on this kid’s story.
And that’s the reason why I started that painting.” Via Artnet News 2019/03/27
When companies starting sending jobs to China, Japan and other countries for cheap labor and disbanded the Unions, that was the beginning of the end for the middle class in this country.
And look where we are now
Unions work. Unions created the middle class and wealth for the bottom 99%.
The Top 1% could not handle the power of a broad economy. They have spent the past 50 years buying politicians and spreading pro-capitalism propaganda.
