Money — painting by Benjamin Smit

Money

BS·187 · Protest · Recent works

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A bearded man’s face, framed by vertical bars, is pulled into a shout of laughter, painted in cold greens and blues against a dark ground. Banknotes spill and flutter along the bottom edge, tying confinement to money. The image is unmistakably satirical, a wry and unflattering portrait of power in the dock.