The floor of the gallery will be covered with over a million dollars of shredded US currency. In tiny fragments barely recognizable as money, these bills will be crushed under your feet and muffle the sound echoing in the space. In a moment where skyrocketing auction prices distract the compassionate art viewer from looking at and engaging with art, this show puts the financial side of the art market like so much waste underfoot, instead of infecting the paintings themselves.Which are $40,000 each.
As The World Turns
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This content was originally published August 25, 2008. … I saw an earth
changing event at my grandmother’s house one day. Gran lived in a little
apartment ...
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1 comment:
Ohh, nice snap!
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