Title: The Empire’s Ledger
Artist: Stanley Millz
Medium: Mixed Media on Real U.S. Bill(s)
Edition: 1 of 1
Description:
The Empire’s Ledger merges the language of power with the iconography of finance a visual audit of control, hierarchy, and wealth. Handcrafted on authentic U.S. currency, this 1/1 mixed-media piece reimagines the dark icon as the ultimate accountant of domination, where every decision is inked in profit and every empire has a balance sheet.
The blueprint-style linework overlays the familiar face of tyranny with vibrant color blocks, graffiti crowns, and coded markings each representing transactions of influence and consequence. Behind the mask lies not just a villain, but a system one meticulously engineered to calculate obedience and capital in the same breath.
Part of the Blueprint Collection, The Empire’s Ledger stands as a study in authority, excess, and the illusion of control a reminder that even the mightiest empires must eventually reconcile their books.
Concept message: Power is borrowed. The debt is always due.