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Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art From The Reimer Collection
Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection explores the innovative ways artists use money as a medium to expand its worth beyond a predetermined denomination. Each artist in the exhibition investigates preconceived definitions of monetary value, meticulously repurposing bills and coins into exquisite, precise artworks. The collection is the passion of Louise Rothman-Riemer and Davis Riemer, investment advisers from Oakland, CA, who began collecting money-themed art in 1995 to encourage new attitudes toward money's intrinsic value.
The constant exchange of money for goods and services is core to our daily lives. We rely on these transactions to meet our wants and needs, from luxury purchases like entertainment and travel to essential items like food and shelter. Given this simple, mundane truth, we rarely consider the aesthetic qualities of currency, seeking to use bills and coins as a creative medium and inspiration rather than just a means to an end. The featured artists employ globally sourced paper and coin currency with mixed media to engage in new ideas and considerations about what money means to us and how we assign material importance. "The point of it all is to provoke thought about why people want and use money and why they want more," collector Davis Riemer says. "Our hope is that people will see these works of art and walk away with questions about themselves and about money."
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Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection explores the innovative ways artists use money as a medium to expand its worth beyond a predetermined denomination. Each artist in the exhibition investigates preconceived definitions of monetary value, meticulously repurposing bills and coins into exquisite, precise artworks. The collection is the passion of Louise Rothman-Riemer and Davis Riemer, investment advisers from Oakland, CA, who began collecting money-themed art in 1995 to encourage new attitudes toward money's intrinsic value.
The constant exchange of money for goods and services is core to our daily lives. We rely on these transactions to meet our wants and needs, from luxury purchases like entertainment and travel to essential items like food and shelter. Given this simple, mundane truth, we rarely consider the aesthetic qualities of currency, seeking to use bills and coins as a creative medium and inspiration rather than just a means to an end. The featured artists employ globally sourced paper and coin currency with mixed media to engage in new ideas and considerations about what money means to us and how we assign material importance. "The point of it all is to provoke thought about why people want and use money and why they want more," collector Davis Riemer says. "Our hope is that people will see these works of art and walk away with questions about themselves and about money."
Artists on show
- Aaron Koblin
- Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovich
- Alejandro Monge
- Alice Beasley
- Azin Seraj
- Barton Lidice Benes
- C.K. Wilde
- Christopher Carroll
- Colette Fu
- Dan Tague
- David Channell
- Diem Chau
- Dirk Setchko
- Don McCartney
- Donna Thomas
- Enrique Chagoya
- Era Farnsworth
- Erica Schlueter
- Eugene Zarczewski
- Francesca Pastine
- Ginger Burrell
- Glenna Goodacre
- Gyongy Laky
- J.S.G. Boggs
- Jean Lowe
- Jeff Kao
- Jill Sylvia
- Justine Smith
- Kathy Hall
- Kelli Hoppmann
- Kim Testone
- Lenny Kislin
- Lisa Gralnick
- Lisa Kokin
- Lorenzo Petrantoni
- Lou Beach
- Marcella Lassen
- Maria Clemen
- Mark Wagner
- Marshall Weber
- Michael Rollins
- Michail Karasik
- Mike Rollins
- Mireille Honein
- Oliver Smith
- Oriane Stender
- Paul Rousso
- Peter Thomas
- Ray Beldner
- Reed Estabrook
- Rene Megroz
- Richard Blake Shaw
- Richard Newill
- Richard Sexton
- Richard Sexton
- Richard Shaw
- Rob Cohen
- Robert The
- Robin Charles Clark
- Sally Smith
- Samantha Lautman
- Scott Laperruque
- Seth Dickerman
- Sharon Siskin
- Sonya Clark
- Srdjan Loncar
- Stacey Blevins
- Stacey Lee Webber
- Steven D. Gagnon
- Susan Warner Keene
- Takashi Kawashima
- Tim O’Neill
- Tim Prusmack
- Valerie Bunnell
- Walter Robinson
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