Inflation, Limited Edition of 30

Bananas for Scale – Jan. 6th – WSJ 1/7/2021
Inflation Edition  $45.50*
Archival Print on Moab Entrada Rag Natural 290 by POV printing, LA
12 x 12 inches;  10 x 10 printed area.
Limited Edition of 30**
Signed, numbered, and certificate of authenticity.

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*45th and 46th President 2016 – 2024
** Inflation increased 30.07% from 2016 to 2024

Original collage made only of cut newspaper and clear acrylic medium.
Yes, those are individual cut out stock symbols.

One moment. One issue. One newspaper.

In Bananas For Scale, Hartigan Goldstein looked on, baffled with the rest of the country, as January 6, 2021, unfolded in the news.  Every parental lesson she had ever tried to impart to her children, was blatantly disregarded by the politician in our highest office. Combining recently painted studies of a nontraditional still-life fruit with next morning’s newspaper, Kelly funneled her frustration into an obsessive search for tonal value  and productive discourse amongst even the smallest text of black and white.

A timely piece, this is Kelly’s first collage reproduction. In Fall 2024 Kelly partnered with VoteForward.org  a 501(c)(4) non profit, with a fine art print benefit donating over $1600 to their mission to empower grassroots volunteers to encourage their fellow citizens to vote.

Southern Californian artist, Kelly HartiganGoldstein, works in rumination and daily newspaper headlines merging the lens of individual experience with social discourse in contemplative collage. Finding herself distressed in 2018 by the relentless news cycle and incessant demands of family life, she turned to collage to reconcile contradictory political debate with life’s smaller pressing moments. Using only newspaper from a single date, and sometimes just a singular edition, a detailed written image emerges from her day, composed exclusively of cut paper and the weight of the reported word.