Warhol’s ‘200 One Dollar Bills’ Fetches $43.8 Million in N.Y.

Andy Warhol's Silkscreen "200 One Dollar Bills" (1962), depicting two-hundred-dollar bills, was sold today at auction Christie's in New York for $43.8 million. London art collector Pauline Karpidas,exhibiting work by Warhol up for auction, bought it in 1986 for $385,000, reports Bloomberg.com

Posted by serge, Novembre 12, 2009. Post has 0 comments.
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Laser-etched stacks of dollar bills

We are pleased to present "Always Almost There" a solo exhibition (1st October 2009 - 30th October 2009; 8 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 4DG) of all new works by Scott Campbell. Born and raised in rural Louisiana Scott's work is deeply rooted in the history of tattooing, it is his first major exhibition in Europe and his debut show in London.

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Posted by serge, Ottobre 11, 2009. Post has 0 comments.
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Currency Collages by Mark Wagner

A dollar sure isn’t worth much these days... until you cut it up into bits and and get out the glue. Brooklyn artist Mark Wagner, co-founder and president of The Booklyn Artists Alliance and x-acto master, makes the most of his money. Using countless fragments of actual currency, Mark Wagner creates collages that speak to the cultural, social, political and symbolic roles that money plays in our society. Working exclusively with the monochrome of the U.S Dollar, Wagner has proved that the single dollar bill is a truly ripe material; intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree and steeped in symbolism and concept. With blade and glue in hand, Wagner transforms this icon of American capitalism into representational images whose symbolic force asks us to question our understanding of money, its cultural significance and relationship to art. Reproducing the ornate visual effects of tapestries, paintings, engravings, mosaics and computer generated images, Wagner investigates a broad range of subjects, from the story of the founding fathers, to art historical icons, mythological tales and the language of architecture.

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Posted by serge, Giugno 17, 2009. Post has 0 comments.
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