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Items in Afterlives

  • a grotesque man with a round belly full of gold coins squats over a rotunda while excreting paper money from both orifices

    Afterlives Introduction

  • viewed from above, a pile of French detritus are topped with the image of a poor beggar

    Trompe L’oeil with Paper Money

  • a pot bellied king made of British pound coins spits paper currency and sits on a large throne held up by he masses

    Midas Transmuting All into Paper

  • a paper fan decorated with what appears to be a pile of trompe l’oeil assignats viewed from above

    Fan

  • A half bear half bull hybrid stands with its body as a cross section showing organs which represent parts of the economy

    Animal Spirit

  • a grotesque man with a round belly full of gold coins squats over a rotunda while excreting paper money from both orifices

    Afterlives