National currency | PH Joel

Acrylic on canvas
55 x 55 cm
2016

“I express a critical view of the economy and how marginalized communities are subject to it, exchanging services and products through the value of currency. The child represents the child population that experiences all the effects of this economic crisis without the right to choose the situation they live in. The coin I depicted is the reverse side of a one-peso coin, questioning its true value compared to a child’s vital needs, such as the act of eating.” – PH Joel