X ~ Dollar

Description |  In X ~ Dollar, Ellen de Meijer reimagines her archetypal business executive as a figure caught between wealth, power, and the spectacle of digital culture. The title’s reference to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) anchors the work in the contemporary debates around freedom of speech, online identity, and the performance of self. Against the faded imprint of American currency and the bold red “X,” the portrait becomes both a symbol of financial dominance and a reflection on the precariousness of public visibility. The subject’s gloves, a recurring motif in de Meijer’s work, embody detachment—an insistence on keeping one’s hands clean, never in direct contact, never fully vulnerable. Paired with the dartboard eyepatch and raised yellow glove, the figure is suspended in contradiction: aggressor and victim, complicit and resistant, authoritative yet precarious. Screen printed in sharp halftones and saturated color fields, X ~ Dollar amplifies the graphic urgenc