Making Money | Making Cents

MAKING MONEY | MAKING CENTS • Lilly

mixed media • 6.14” x 2.61”

The mission of this soon-to-be-famous artist is to make the world more beautiful. In this extraordinary collage, the artist has mixed jewels, a variety of heavily saturated translucent colors, along with a self-portrait of herself as George Washington’s replacement, and blackened edges reminiscent of printer’s ink. Lilly’s work offers hidden surprises. The serial number of the bill is surrounded by the letters L at the front and J at the end (LJ are her initials). You will also note she has split “The United States of America” into separate red and blue areas, alluding to the divided politics. The artist is telling us that despite the chaos, conflict, and intolerance, we can still make something beautiful.

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