Historic oil on canvas, contemporary inserts, lacquered.
Share of the global population living in poverty, real and imagined.
Top rows of triangles, from left to right:
2020 - 9% of global population living in poverty 2005 - 25% of global population living in poverty 1990 - 35% of global population living in poverty
Bottom rows of triangles, from left to right:
12% - Believe poverty has gotten better over the past 30 years 33% - Believe poverty has stayed the same over the past 30 years 55% - Believe poverty has gotten worse over the past 30 years
(Sources: Gapminder, Ignorance test in the UK, OurWorldinData.org)