Love Me Tender
February 22 - May 26, 2013
Love Me Tender is an exhibition of extraordinary artworks made from ordinary currency. Attracted by money's symbolism and power, the artists featured in Love Me Tender scrutinize the systems of value celebrated on and embodied by currency. Bills and coins are transformed into tapestries, paintings, photographs, and sculptures that tap into the glamorous, seductive allure of money and society's notions of value and 'values.'
Featured artists include: Banksy, Barton Lidice Benes, JSG Boggs, Kathy Buszkiewicz, Scott Campbell, Daniel Carr, Enrique Chagoya, Jake & Dinos Chapmanm, James Charles, Robin Clark, Jack Daws, Sebastian Errazuriz & Thomas McDonell, Maximo Gonzalez, Wang Jin, Yasumasa Morimura, Tim O'Neill, Tahiti Pehrson, Justine Smith, Oriane Stender, Susan Stockwell, Johnny Swing, Dan Tague, Mark Wagner, Stacey Lee Webber, and Christopher Wilde.
No photography is allowed in the Love Me Tender exhibition due to lender restrictions.
Mark Wagner
Marxism, 2008
Currency collage
6 x 4 in.
Private Collection
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Mark Wagner
Push Broom (Edition of 5), 2008
Mixed media assemblage
61 x 16 x 6 in.
Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Stacey Lee Webber
The Craftsmen Series: Ladder, 2009
Brass hardware, copper pennies
Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer
Photo: Joseph Leroux
Stacey Lee Webber
The Craftsmen Series: Ladder (detail), 2009
Brass hardware, copper pennies
Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer
Photo: Joseph Leroux
James Charles
Devolution (detail), 2012
Ink drawing on United States Bank Note
17.5 x 14 in. framed
Courtesy of the artist and Shooting Gallery
Photo: Randy Dodson
Scott Campbell
Ornamental 7, 2012
Cut uncut US currency sheets
21 x 25 x 2 in.
Courtesy of the artist and OhWow Gallery, New York
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Sebastian Errazuriz and Thomas McDonell
Shredded Money (Americana series), 2008
Shredded US dollars (installation)
Courtesy of the artists
Photo: Courtesy of the artists
JSG Boggs
Affairs Affair, 1988
Pen and ink drawing, US currency, contract, and magazine article
Collection of Michael Kilgore
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Tim O'Neill
Financial Crisis Rings: Pyramid Scheme
Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Dan Tague
Live Free or Die, 2011
Archival inkjet print on rag paper
44 x 60 in. Edition of 5, 1 AP
Collection of Paul R. and Nancy H. Elliott
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Christopher Wilde
The World Is Yours, 2006
Currency collage on panel
Private Collection, New York
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Barton Lidicé Benes
Prayer Rug I, 2010
Currency collage
31 x 16 in.
Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Barton Lidicé Benes
Prayer Rug I (detail), 2010
Currency collage
31 x 16 in.
Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Maximo Gonzalez
Magma (C-III) (detail), 2011
Currency, glue, pins
151.5 x 71.67 in.
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Maximo Gonzalez
Magma (C-III) (detail), 2011
Currency, glue, pins
151.5 x 71.67 in.
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Mark Wagner
Marxism, 2008
Currency collage
6 x 4 in.
Private Collection
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Organized by Bellevue Arts Museum, curated by Nora Atkinson. Local presentation made possible in part by 4Culture.