MetaFilter posts tagged with money and art

All About the Benjamins.

grapefruitmoon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:39:19 -0800

Mark Wagner makes money into art.

Ten Thousand Cents

sveskemus — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:24:57 -0800

"Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Using a custom drawing tool, thousands of individuals working in isolation from one another painted a tiny part of the bill without knowledge of the overall task. On the website you can see all 10,000 pieces being drawn simultaneously and explore each drawing on its own.

Ups and downs in the world of high art

psmealey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:07:16 -0800

Is the high end Art market finally tanking? A week or so ago, it sure looked like it. An important van Gogh piece did not sell, Sotheby's stock price went into shock. However, all is well this week as both Christie's and Sotheby's kicked it into high gear and set some new records. Some more chatter on the events of the past week can be found here: The Wall Street Journal's art blog: focused on the business of art. Art news Artopia - John Perrault's art diary Modern Art notes Artforum, and CultureGrrl

Money, Beautiful and False

blahblahblah — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:07:11 -0800

Stephen Barnwell makes meticulous bills for fictional worlds, such as the Dream Dollars of a lost Antarctic colony, complete with symbolism and backstories. He has introduced several new, more politically controversial fictional currencies for less ideal worlds: the United States of Islam, the State of War, and the Empire of America. He is not the only artist who imagines currency, there are the beautiful notes of Kamberra and the strange work of JSG Boggs [prev] who hand-draws almost real bills that subvert the lines between money and art, occasionally running into issues with the Secret Service on the way. On the borders between reality and fantasy is the new currency developed by foreign exchange specialists Travelex, the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination, introduced to solve some of the problems in money in space, and which may actually be used by space tourists. [prev.]

Skylines Carved Into Currency

jonson — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:37:19 -0800

Australian art student Nicholas Manion has hit upon a clever idea: delicately cut paper currency forming the skyline of major cities. Via.

cool cash

nickyskye — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:24:24 -0800

Banknote art by Justine Smith. Alternating currency: by Marshall Weber, portraits in money by Mark Wagner, a Ganesh out of Rupee notes by CK Wilde (a spectacular previously). Beautiful banknotes at the World Paper Money Image Gallery. Unusual coins. Unique banknotes, like the 100 Million Dinara note from Croatia. U.S. currency and the pictures behind the portraits. Mildenberg's Dream Collection of Greek Coins at the Money Museum.

Stock Paintings

grapefruitmoon — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:16:55 -0800

Proof that artistic inspiration can come from any walk of life, Anthony White has turned his former life as a stockbroker into inspiration for a series of Stock Code paintings. Also available - paintings depicting different values of British, American, Australian, and Euro currency.[via ArtNews Blog]

Moneygami

jonson — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:44:46 -0800

Moneygami is origami made from U.S. currency; the subtle genius lies in the way the artist incorporates the prints on the dollar bills into the facial characteristics of the finished figures. More moneygami here. Via.

Now That Ain't Workin', That's The Way You Do It

fandango_matt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:19:42 -0800

Art Money is an alternative, worldwide currency in the form of original works of art. The Bank of International Art Money is an independent organization directed by artists and free from any form of government financing.

Currency Collages

peacay — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:40:55 -0800

Currency Collages from CK Wilde of Artichoke Yink Press [via]

Does Your Money Have Wings?

taz — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:44:24 -0800

A cool idea, and a fun allegory: Bird and butterfly collages made with old bank notes (two pages, horizontal scrolling). Click the images to view larger versions and see the notes that were used (scroll down). More here without the note source info.

Money Art

cali — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:09:34 -0800

Money Art. They say it's hard to make money from art, but some people find ways to make art from money. Or at least a few accessories. (via)

Someone ran the litmus configuration and said these were bad

dobbs — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:40:02 -0800

Euros That Never Were 1945 - 2001 (I think).

You can give them to the birds and bees.

dobbs — Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:30:47 -0800

You've probably never heard of him, but as an artist JSG Boggs has been making "money" for two decades. Boggs has been the subject of many articles, a film, and a book by Lawrence Welscher. He's bought lots of things with his art ("Hot dogs, watches, airplane tickets, rent, clothing, jewelry–-anything." (And he's done so in England, Germany, France, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, the USA, and Italy.) The largest collection of his works belongs to The Secret Service. [more inside]

Ugly and not so ugly money

pedantic — Sun, 06 Jul 2003 19:27:40 -0800

Ugly money : burnt bills, Santa singles, good time greenbacks, bodacious bum bucks and then some. On a related but cool note, conceptual currency.

iconomy — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 03:54:58 -0800

Paper money in many countries is really beautiful and often employs great use of typography and color. The designs are sometimes used to showcase an indigenous resource, to pay homage to a cultural icon or national leader, or occasionally as a political weapon. Anyone looking for currency scans on the web usually ends up at Ron Wise's site - thousands of quality, free for the download scans from every country in the world (I have not verified this), including a 1991 500 Afghanis note from Afghanistan, which portrays the national sport of Butskashi (polo played with a goat carcass). Like the proverbial cake that's too pretty to eat, some of this currency seems almost too beautiful to spend.

There's also some speculation that as a deterrent to counterfeiting, American currency just might be getting some color.

prolific — Sun, 04 Nov 2001 11:41:48 -0800

David Greg Harth is not afraid. As part of his ongoing art project in which this New York artist stamps US currency with phrases, he's releasing 'I am not afraid' and 'I am not terrorized'. He needs help circulating the bills.