Love Me Tender

February 22, 2013 - May 26, 2013

Love Me Tender

February 22, 2013 - May 26, 2013

Currency Transformed

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.

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Financial Crisis Rings: Pyramid Scheme

Tim O'Neill

Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Shredded Money (Americana series)

Sebastian Errazuriz and Thomas McDonell

2008. Shredded US dollars (installation).

Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Courtesy of the artists.

Prayer Rug I

Barton Lidicé Benes

2010. Currency collage. 31 x 16 in.

Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

The Craftsmen Series: Ladder (detail)

Stacey Lee Webber

2009. Brass hardware, copper pennies.

Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer. Photo: Joseph Leroux.

Live Free or Die

Dan Tague

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.

The World Is Yours

Christopher Wilde

2006. Currency collage on panel.

Private Collection, New York. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Marxism

Mark Wagner

2008. Currency collage. 6 x 4 in.

Private Collection. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

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Financial Crisis Rings: Pyramid Scheme

Tim O'Neill

Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Shredded Money (Americana series)

Sebastian Errazuriz and Thomas McDonell

2008. Shredded US dollars (installation).

Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Courtesy of the artists.

Prayer Rug I

Barton Lidicé Benes

2010. Currency collage. 31 x 16 in.

Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

The Craftsmen Series: Ladder (detail)

Stacey Lee Webber

2009. Brass hardware, copper pennies.

Collection of Davis and Louise Rothman-Riemer. Photo: Joseph Leroux.

Live Free or Die

Dan Tague

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.

The World Is Yours

Christopher Wilde

2006. Currency collage on panel.

Private Collection, New York. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Marxism

Mark Wagner

2008. Currency collage. 6 x 4 in.

Private Collection. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

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