Louisa Bufardeci
 
Tax Payer's Money (2000-2002)
acrylic paint on mdf; dimensions variable
painting series:
Tax Payer's Money is a graphical illustration of the Australian Federal Budget's Final Budget Outcome for 1999-2000, based on values for "expenses by function". At a glance the width of each painting illustrates comparative expenditures across the fourteen sections. Within each painting, individual colours reflect the subsection divisions.