Rich and Poor
2016
Book, 13 x 20 cm, 184 p., language : English, publisher : BookThug, ISBN : 9781771662383.
Materials: ink, paper
Collection: collection MHKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2028/350).
Literary synopsis
Rich and Poor is the novel of a man who washes dishes for a living and decides to kill a billionaire as a political act. It is literature as political theory and theory as pure literary pleasure – a spiralling, fast-paced parable of joyous, overly self-aware, mischievous class warfare. As his plan proceeds, and becomes more feasible, we cut back and forth between his and the billionaire’s perspectives, gradually revealing how easily the poisons of ambition, wealth and revolutionary violence can become entangled. A fable of not knowing how to change the world and perhaps learning how to do so in the process.
Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice
There is no direct connection between Rich and Poor and Jacob Wren's other art practices. However, in every other way it is utterly and totally connected.
Authorship: Artist Author.
Creative Strategy: No Link to Artworks.
Genre: Plain Fiction.
Publishing: Publishing House.
Theme: Politics.
