Lament Wall Street
‘Lament Wall Street 1929’ (2014)
Hand screen-printed, hand rolled silk scarf and screen-printed box.
Edition of 5
Lament Wall Street 1929 is a limited edition artwork by Helen Knowles which appropriates the lavish accoutrement of a high end clothing item, a silk scarf, to flaunt an image of wall street taken during the 1929 financial crash. To wear this epitaph soberly reminds us of the interdependence between the financial markets and the global elite.