Wealth is Shared - No One Charges, No One Pays
About this artwork
This is the right-hand panel of a triptych. In the scene, a supermarket has been converted into a large greenhouse so that people can be self-sufficient and grow their own food. Outside, fruit trees and vegetables are growing where the supermarket car park used to be. Children play happily in the river, showing a balance of work and recreation. The painting shows a lifestyle that is an attainable and preferable alternative to contemporary society. The simple, clear writing style is based on the typeface of captions in Ladybird educational books for children.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Chad McCail (born 1961) Scottish
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title:Wealth is Shared - No One Charges, No One Pays
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date created:2000
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materials:Triptych, gouache on paper
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measurements:76.20 x 152.40 cm; paper size: 86.36 x 162.56 cm (framed: 98.20 x 175.00 x 3.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2000
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accession number:GMA 4340 C
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Chad McCail
Chad McCail
McCail was born in Manchester and grew up in Edinburgh, where he still lives and works. He graduated from Goldsmiths College, London in 1989. McCail's main interests are the links between sexual repression, violence and totalitarian obedience. He explores these themes by depicting a harmonious...