Currency, Art, and Economic Crisis
| Autor: | Elena Shtromberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Visual Resources. 34:33-47 |
| ISSN: | 1477-2809 0197-3762 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01973762.2018.1450343 |
| Popis: | The condition of a country’s currency is perhaps one of the most effective barometers of its economic state, a topic that has been amply examined by economists. Currency as artistic medium is lesser-explored terrain and yet its study can prove revealing of a country’s economic and historical circumstances while poignantly commenting on the whimsical nature of the art market and the commercial value of works of art. For this study, I will explore the work of artists who employed currency as commentary on their country’s respective economic crises and the political conditions that led to them. I have selected a small sample of artworks with currency focusing specifically on the circulation of the US dollar, or rather it symbolic dominance, in Latin Ameircan economies. In this study, I examine three case studies spanning several decades, among them: a series of banknotes by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles entitled Zero Dollar, created during the late 1970s and 1980s; a multimedia installation Circulante (Cir... |
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