Original artwork description:

This evocative mixed-media collage reimagines the Monopoly board game as a chaotic mandala of capitalism, blending vintage ephemera with game elements in a 24 x 36-inch composition that critiques wealth accumulation and economic cycles through a distressed, retro aesthetic. At its center, a warped oval Monopoly board displays the title in bold black letters, encircled by colorful property squares like "Boardwalk" and "Chance," radiating outward amid scattered banknotes in pastel denominations, red dice, green houses, red hotels, and fragments of antique stock certificates from companies such as "International Telephone and Telegraph." Overlapping newspapers, chance cards with ironic phrases like "Get Out of Jail Free," and tokens including "Rich Uncle Pennybags" create a sense of nostalgic clutter, with sepia tones, smudges, and translucent layers evoking time-worn financial debris. The bright accents guide the eye in a clockwise flow, symbolizing the endless loop of risk and acquisition, while drawing parallels to real-world monopolies.

Materials used:

resin, wood, monopoly, dice

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