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Illustration

Silvia Yu

Keep Wealthy and Carry On

Illustration
2025
One percent of society holds ownership of forty percent of the world's resources, highlighting a stark imbalance in wealth distribution. Such inequality reflects systemic issues within global financial and political structures, where privilege, opportunity, and access are concentrated in the hands of a few.

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Keep Wealthy and Carry On
Keep Wealthy and Carry On

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Silvia Yu

Illustration

“Scales is a visual examination of society’s obsessive pursuit of an idealized vision of life—often at the expense of equitable resource distribution. By focusing on the idea of the “unequal exchange”...” [More]