Money is in reality just an embodiment, a condensation, a materialization of a network of social relations… -Slavoj Žižek
After hundreds of hours pushing dyed sand, grain by grain, with a razor blade, the $1000 mandala is done. The evidence of my labour is visible in the missing paint that my butt rubbed off the floor!
And once the exhibition was over…
Learn more about my Mandala series here.
Reporter Ruschell Boone from NY1 stopped by Flux Factory before Debt+ opened to have a look around and a preview of the exhibition. I barely recognize the mandala now that I am in the home stretch!
Be sure to stop by June 24 at 7pm to see the Closing Performances and to see the finished mandala before it is swept away.
According to The Gothamist, swinging by Flux Factory to see Debt+ is one of 20 Ways To Make Your June Jubilant! Who doesn’t want to be more jubilant?
Art F City has also called it one of This Weeks Must See Art Events.
June 24, 7pm: Closing Performances including the completed $1000 Mandala
The American Mandala I am creating is of the now defunct $1000 bill featuring Grover Cleveland. This amount reflects Flux Factory’s rent when they opened their doors in 1993 – an amount that seems impossibly low today. The $1000 bill was withdrawn from circulation in 1969 due to its use by organized crime. With the rise of electronic transactions, the need for larger denominations has dissipated, yet they remain rare collector’s items worth more than their face value.
Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday 12-6pm, June 4-24
Sarah Beck 