Dreamscape
A collage of pastel beach scenes, American currency, and advertisements form the basis for “Dreamscape,” a detail of the print “Virgin Mary.” These visual cues all nod to the promised notion of the “American Dream,” the great national deception of American capitalism. In these unrealistic depictions of the ocean, we see that the dream is but a veneer, underpinned by labour and inequality. This promise, like the waters depicted, offer an illusion of unbounded wealth and opportunity, but beneath this fallacy lies the depths of despair, often swept under the rug - written off as the work of bad actors, not an unfair system.
A collage of pastel beach scenes, American currency, and advertisements form the basis for “Dreamscape,” a detail of the print “Virgin Mary.” These visual cues all nod to the promised notion of the “American Dream,” the great national deception of American capitalism. In these unrealistic depictions of the ocean, we see that the dream is but a veneer, underpinned by labour and inequality. This promise, like the waters depicted, offer an illusion of unbounded wealth and opportunity, but beneath this fallacy lies the depths of despair, often swept under the rug - written off as the work of bad actors, not an unfair system.
A collage of pastel beach scenes, American currency, and advertisements form the basis for “Dreamscape,” a detail of the print “Virgin Mary.” These visual cues all nod to the promised notion of the “American Dream,” the great national deception of American capitalism. In these unrealistic depictions of the ocean, we see that the dream is but a veneer, underpinned by labour and inequality. This promise, like the waters depicted, offer an illusion of unbounded wealth and opportunity, but beneath this fallacy lies the depths of despair, often swept under the rug - written off as the work of bad actors, not an unfair system.
