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In “Modern Sisyphus,” Liam Czap likens the fate of people “constantly working to get out of poverty” to that of Sisyphus, “forever pursuing an eternal task that undoes itself each time.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Money<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Money can’t buy happiness
but it can buy food
and clothes
and a roof over our heads
and childcare
and medicine
and a car.
Money can’t buy happiness
but it can buy a chance for a future.
Money can save a life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
This artwork and poem critique popular sayings about money. Explaining his artwork, “Liquid Money,” Jeremy Bier writes, “most people who describe money as liquid have assets and are generally well off, while here it is described as liquid in the literal sense of being continuously lost and ‘going down the drain.'” In their poem, “Money,” an anonymous student emphasizes how money is crucial for necessities like food and housing that can ensure “a chance for a future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In these artworks, an anonymous student and Gabriella Stanley make connections between poverty and domestic violence. The creator of “Systematic Hinderance” explains, “We need to change the way our government helps single mothers in poverty and domestic violence.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Shaun Pierce’s artwork, “Slumped” depicts a person sitting by a graffiti-covered dumpster, surrounded by trash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Anna’s infographic, “The Darkness of Poverty,” uses quotations from Maid <\/em>and data about poverty in America to “show viewers how common poverty is and to combat the stereotype that people who need food stamps are lazy.” Jessica’s artwork calls for action and relief for those experiencing poverty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM] In “Modern Sisyphus,” Liam Czap likens the fate of people “constantly working to get out of poverty” to that of Sisyphus, “forever pursuing an eternal task that undoes itself each time.” [UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM] Money Money can’t buy happinessbut it can buy foodand clothesand a roof over our headsand childcareand medicineand a car.Money can’t buy happinessbut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-exhibition.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-204","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions\/273"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/fye-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}