Print Details:

• Museum-quality posters made on thick, durable, matte paper.

• Paper is archival and acid-free.

• Unframed prints arrive rolled up in a protective tube.

Frame Details:

• Alder, Semi-hardwood frame

• Black in color

• .75” thick

• Acrylite front protector

• Lightweight

• Hanging hardware included

• Made in the USA

From the Artist:

As I worked on this paper lace, I saw the news of the Surfside building collapse in Florida. There was a building full of condominiums. Hundreds of residents were trapped or killed in the collapse. The number of missing people went from the 150s to the 120s; some were recovered alive, others found dead. This morning, the building was demolished. 121 missing people; time marches on. What a difficult decision to have to make. 

This paper lace is drawn from images of the Surfside collapse. It had been deemed too expensive to fix. Inspections were skipped. People were lost to this tragedy; profit over people. Where else are we focusing on profit over people? The New Deal legacy has systematically been replaced over my lifetime by profit-at-all costs legislation. Tech monopolies now rule the financial space. We know what to do. We are a team, God’s team. Listen to the Gospel call here in Ephesians. The capitalist priority of profit over people must end. People are being hurt, killed, and exploited. We have tried to fix this before; God calls to us again and again. The children of God are everywhere—let us protect them, care for them, love them.

Embedded within the structures of the neighboring skyline are the lines of broken parts of the Surfside condominium. As I write this, 86 people have been found within the rubble so far. Many are still missing. As I drew these lines, I thought of the strength of design, the power of the weather, the need to reorder our societal structures so that people benefit financially from doing the right thing. It would have been right to renovate earlier. Trust would have allowed people to listen to one another. The background lines are figures sitting in vigil outside of the collapsed building. Leaning on one another, their limbs create an embrace in the energy of the image. Are we aware that God and love are the structures we can depend on?

As you look at this image, contemplate words that represent the places where you see our society valuing profit over people. Then, contemplate actions you can take in your daily life to combat this tendency.

—Hannah Garrity