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The Rise of the Billionaires Drawing

Chris McLinden

United Kingdom

Drawing, Pencil on Paper

Size: 59.1 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

This large drawing was a response to the publication of a report by the charity Oxfam entitled, The Inequality Virus'. It focused on data showing the widening gap in income inequality during the pandemic. It also highlighted the growth in wealth achieved by the top 10 richest men in the world during the time of the pandemic. The image on first view portrays the mega yachts of the billionaires, floating above the population of the world. But on further viewing the yachts are in fact large pieces of land/world, or property, or other large assets. They do not have to represent just yachts. The 'yachts' are moving around capturing the opportunities around them to help develop their growth portfolios during the pandemic. The black lines dropping from some opportunities however represent how some of these opportunities are potentially turning negative over time - be that the growing negative perception of the billionaires themselves, or in many cases, their lack of apparent response to address the growing income divide as highlighted by both Oxfam, and the United Nations Secretary General. The UN stated, 'The myth that we are all in the same boat. While we are all floating on the same sea, it's clear that some are in super yachts, while others clinging to the drifting debris'. All artist proceeds from the sale of this drawing will be donated in full to Oxfam.

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Drawing:

Pencil on Paper

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

59.1 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

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Chris is a professional artist based in the UK, producing artwork including Drawing, Sculpture and Photography. His work investigates the relationship between Humans and Creativity / Innovation. It is often informed by exploring ideas of increasing transitions and states of flux caused by rapidly growing volumes of change, and the resulting typical current responses to this, which demand constant creative and innovative human responses. It is also informed by exploring human responses to creativity and innovation, which come in many forms, and which appear to transform and translate subtly over time. Works can sometimes be a response to a range of potential triggers, capturing his immediate personal reactions to a wide range of contemporary events, found objects, materials, words and phrases, concepts and places and people he encounters. Chris attempts to combine his personal reactions, commentary and resulting storylines, with experimentation on how to effectively visually represent them, embedding this within the materiality of the artworks themselves. This often includes using found object deconstruction and re-purposing/recycling techniques, which challenge the current use or typical representations of the chosen physical objects or concepts. When existing objects, concepts or ideas are deconstructed or questioned, and then uniquely combined and reconstructed, they can convey very different and powerful images and messages.

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