She questions the status of the artist through a contemporary reinterpretation of Aesop’s fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper. The value of an artist’s work is frequently overlooked, while the artist is assumed to be “guilty” of operating neither according to the logic of wealth accumulation nor according to that of entrepreneurial adjustment in response to social and economic pressures. Liliana Basarab uses this well-known parable, commonly taught to young children, to reassess the moral lessons that govern the development of future social relations and prejudices.