DANI CINAMON The Colour of Money, 2022

Throughout history, leaders of the world have illustrated their hunger for power. This corruption has created economic and psychological devastation in many countries. This artwork comments on this abuse of power by reflecting upon Zimbabwe’s 2017 political coup. For this artwork, I made use of the Zimbabwean money my family had kept when they left our home country. I have painted directly onto Zimbabwean money to symbolise the destruction of the economy and used ink to highlight the pain the everyday people have suffered because of this. It is the people who, just like you and me, make up these nations yet are so disregarded and neglected by their so-called leaders.