Artist Statement

Artist Statement

The Social Coloring Book

A book with multiple illustrations show different people of different socio-economical backgrounds. Their distinction in wealth is made obviously clear by their attire and positions. Some are positioned to show power and some show weakness and vulnerability. The illustrations are outlines of people, simplistic face-less representations of people as symbols. The pages have text explaining to the viewer what they are seeing, although there is more to the eye than just the description.

This all started with illustrations I made intended as stickers and magnets. The idea was similar, to show wealth inequality in America. The inspiration came when doing research on sociology and politics for a paper in Latin America. After reading about the social inequalities from afar I had wondered what it was in the home front and I realized it was very similar. The outcome came to be almost the same, with a small number of people owning the majority of wealth in the nation. I always pondered as why so many suffer while a few live in absolute luxury.

The work will have individual booklets with crayons for people to take. There will also be larger print outs for people to draw on collectively.