Money River.72.000.002.214.018,80 (file)
Money River.72.000.002.214.018,80 (file)
Private Collector’s price: €34,890.52, Institutional price: €23,906.24
Money River.72.000.002.214.018,80 (1) by Various Artists & various artists (2)
“Artists are the low wage workers” (3)
The installation is conceived as a 'group exhibition', and currently contains 43 works by Various Artists & various artists.
The (artificial) value (€ 72.000.002.214.018,80) of Money River is the sales price of all 52 works presented (Zero Dollar by Cildo Meireles not included).
For Money River.72.000.002.214.018,80 we included works by Cildo Meireles, Julia Droga, Indecline, an anonymous artist and Various Artists. The curation of the installation as a “group show” is an inherent part of the work.
Antonia Alampi (curator), during the opening of a group show: Deadly Affairs’ in Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2018.
Money River.72.000.002.214.018,80 is an installation by Various Artists & various artists that presents a series of works that examine the financial status of artists in a world that seems to ignore their role in society.
Since 2005 Various Artists has been making artworks that expose and play with (financial) value systems. From punitive rules written by children, cut up banknotes, unscratched lottery tickets, to personal loans, Money River represents a collection of conceptual and visual works of art that are made in this context. The installation proposes an alternative financial system for the future that parasitises the existing economies we know and breaks them from the inside with poetic logic.
LIST OF WORKS
Julia Droga:
Pocket Money Extra Cash, Performance, 2019.
Cildo Meireles:
Shit Coin, mixed techniques, 2.7 x 2.7 x 0.5 cm, 2017.
Indecline:
Burn Motherfucker, rubber stamped 20 dollar note, 2015.
anonymous:
Feigenbaum.i, 51 dollar bills, 2020.
Various Artists:
Ik Beloof, pen on paper, 27.9 x 21 cm, 1970-2020.
Wall Street Beggar, performance, 2013-20.
Erased Banknote, paper, 15.6 x 6.6 cm, 2014.
Shredded Banknotes, glass & paper, 17 x 12 cm, 2014.
Sale, paper, 14 x 7.7 cm, 2016.
Anel, gold, 2.2 x 2.2 cm, 2009.
Straight Ring, gold dust, variable dimensions, 2009.
Cutup Lottery Tickets, cut up unclaimed lottery tickets, paper, variable dimensions, 2014.
Cutup Banknotes, paper, 15.6 x 6.6 cm, 2014.
Genderbill-2020, typewriting on banknote, 36 x 12.8 cm, 2016-20.
001-1697583-62, paper, 0.5 x 4.3 cm, 2017.
Unclaimed Lottery Ticket, Partially unscratched lottery tickets, variable dimensions, 2016-20.
Not For Sale, paper & copperplate, 14 x 11 cm, 2016.
Hidden Banknote, latex on paper, 2020.
Washed, banknote (i), machine washed at 90°, 2016.
The Gift, to be realised project/installation, 2016.
subTrunk, application (digital file), 2020.
nnPearl, oyster pearls, 2019.
Colonial Coin, mage coin with the effigy of Leopold 2, King of the Belgians. The value is estimated at €72,000,000,000,000.00, 2020.
Hire An Artist, service, 2020.
Burn Motherfucker.r, various materials, 2016.
Safeshirt, shirt & coins, 2005.
Newbill, paper, 2016.
Ka-Ching, performance, 2020.
Foolsgold, pyrite and tooth filling valued their weight in gold, 2004-20.
Automated Drawing, colour pencil on paper, 2020.
Hooi en Strooi, golden needle cut in half, framed in straw or in hay, 2010.
Artihey, project/documentary, 2017.
Chewbill, chewed on banknotes, 2016.
Digested, ingested, digested and defecated banknote, 2016.
Corporate Coloured Banknote, paper, mesh and wooden frame, 29.4 x 20.6 cm, 2020.
Ik Beloof.r (001-1697583-62), installation, variable dimensions, 1972 - 2020.
Price List, print on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm, 2020
prospectus, print on paper, A5, 2020
Errata, print on paper, 10,5 x 14,8 cm, 2020
Lost & Found, video, 1 min, 2005-20
ATM, print on paper, 10,5 x 14,8 cm, 2020
Tckts, print on paper, 2020
VALTRANE, print on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm, 2021