Mr. Franklin. 2023

What you see is a familiar object, presented in an unfamiliar — even unsettling — way.
Here, the artist continues his creative exploration, attempting to reassemble recognizable symbols through the lens of his own visual language.

The details of the banknote are transformed — as if organic matter is overtaking its form.
The lines flow as though the printed paper has a life of its own.
In place of the official motto appears a new ironic mantra: “In Profit First We Trust.”

The familiar becomes a prompt for reflection: What do we value? What do we worship? What is our trust built upon?
Staying true to the artist’s signature style, the work reveals a new facet — a shift in perspective that seeks to find the strange in the everyday, and the foreign within the familiar.