As an artist who scrutinises power structures, Chantal Fraser was intrigued when she first saw a satiric illustration portraying capitalism as a pyramid. Published in 1911 by Industrial Worker magazine, the picture shows multitudes of working folk and children on the lowest level, with a tiny clutch of rulers and royalty at the summit. What would happen, Fraser asks, if the pyramid were inverted, if the workers ascended?
The diagram is one departure point for the Brisbane-based artist’s solo show , which
