The Currency

In 1994, he won the Ministry of Finance’s competition for a portrait of King Albert II on the Belgian currency. In 1997 he designed a similar version for the euro coin.

Part of Lelenco’s ongoing Currencies series, encompassing over 200 original works, Currency #266 transforms the coin into a metaphor for belonging and value.

LITERATURE ABOUT THE SERIE "Luminous Transactions : Barbie Chronicles in Currency Boxes" In the series Luminous Transactions : Barbie Chronicles in Currency Boxes, Kumikaho Oshima co...

The refined, highly detailed currency engraving—associated with stability and economic power—is confronted by the raw immediacy of street art, a form often linked to protest, express...

This hue amplifies the contrast between the doll’s smooth, idealized features and the restless visual rhythm of layered currency, suggesting a fragile equilibrium between innocence a...

The composition evokes the image of a symbolic fountain in which currency flows endlessly, suggesting both abundance and the illusion of perpetual prosperity.

Within the broader context of the series, Oshima frequently juxtaposes Barbie figures with monetary imagery; in Neon Capital, however, the emphasis on currency alone allows the chrom...

I choose the best materials available to make the art pieces, including blown glass from Murano, Italy and the most important global currencies and noble metals available in differen...

The money clip elegantly holds currency notes in place whilst in a trouser or suit pocket.

Large collar with pointed flaps and buttoning crossed by six gold metal buttons imitating the Roman currency with an effigy of Emperors. Long sleeves adorned with three buttons as a ...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Gicl...

The term soon gained currency, often as a derogatory label by critics who saw the foreign artists—many of whom were Jewish—as a threat to the purity of French art.

I choose the best materials available to make the art pieces, including blown glass from Murano, Italy and the most important global currencies and noble metals available in differen...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Gicl...

After the second world war Ligna was established as a state foreign trade organisation for producing and exporting mainly wood-related products to manage exports and generate hard cu...

Historical Context: The Histamenon was a gold coin introduced by Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas in the 10th century, and it became a standard currency in the Byzantine Empire. By the t...

Part of the artist’s ongoing Currencies series, which now comprises over 200 original works, Currency #263 replaces the authority of the coin with the intimacy of individual experien...

Designed for modular display, Currency #262 can be installed as a single collectible wall piece or combined with others to form larger compositions.

The painting belongs to Lelenco’s ongoing Currencies series, also known as Sorry, I’m Not From Here.

This particular yellow gold postage money clip was inspired by a Tiffany design from 1957, the designs starting from the iconic Tiffany Blue Book Signed 'Tiffany & Co' Au 750 to its...

In Oshima’s compositions, currency operates as a silent language of measurement, reminding viewers that personal worth is often evaluated through external standards.

Across her neck, "United States of America," is emblazoned in the font used in American currency. Beneath the figure is the phrase "reigning capital either nourishes the majority wit...

The work belongs to Lelenco’s ongoing Currencies series, which reimagines coins as symbolic portraits whose value is rooted in human experience rather than economic authority.

This tiara is instantly recognisable from certain issues of stamps and currency around the Commonwealth. The Great Hall unveiling.

"Bitcoin" is a bold tangle of fire-orange, gold, and obsidian strokes, capturing the volatility and energy of the digital currency it’s named after. The painting moves like a marketp...

Created in 2019, the work measures 55 cm in diameter and belongs to the artist’s Currencies (I Am Sorry, I Am Not From Here) series.

Minted in 1898 during the height of Imperial Russia, each coin represents authentic currency from the Romanov dynasty's final decades.

The work belongs to Lelenco’s ongoing Currencies series, also known as Exchange Currencies.

In many tropical cultures, tribal communities used them as currency. The Inca would bury shells with the dead as part of funerary rites.

In Salinas de Ibarra, a region in the north of Ecuador, the salt was filtered from the ground and pressed into currency units. ÍCONOS is a creative and ethnographic exploration of t...

The money clip elegantly holds currency notes in place whilst in a trouser or suit pocket.

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing it is used as a tool to give "value" to the images that are constructed. 300K, 100 OBVERSE LEFT & RIGH...

CRYPTO PUNK AND 15M RINGERS DIPTYCH, 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel From the series Currency Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Overall size: Frame size: 43 H x 86 W x 3 D cm.

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

A pink square composed of motifs from certificates and currency sits in the center of the composition and reads "Stiletto Dreams."

Underneath the title is the phrase "fools proof," and below the head "SCENE PAST THE STATE OF YOUR BORROWED 'CURRENCY' (the promise of disinformation): YOUR CREDIT FUTURE OF "DOING Y...

In the American West, turquoise was traded as currency among the Pueblo Indians. In Native American lore, blue turquoise is referred to as the Sky Stone, representing the eternal hea...

The artwork frames an abstract void where value or meaning might once have existed, flanked by ornate, collage-like borders composed of coins, architectural motifs, and fragmented cu...

In the American West, turquoise was traded as currency among the Pueblo Indians. In Native American lore, blue turquoise is referred to as the Sky Stone, representing the eternal hea...

The term soon gained currency, often as a derogatory label by critics who saw the foreign artists—many of whom were Jewish—as a threat to the purity of French art.

From Holland, a lidded box with Dutch currency welded into the lid.

In the American West, turquoise was traded as currency among the Pueblo Indians. In Native American lore, Turquoise is referred to as the Sky Stone, representing the eternal heavens,...

The term "dollar" directly comes from the word "thaler." This currency was the first to gain global recognition, and the same symbol can be found in the two columns of the "real de a...

Rather than reproducing the rulers and official figures traditionally associated with currency, the artist presents an unidentified woman whose individuality resists institutional cl...

Its name also survives in the dinar currency.

Cowries’ durability and relative rarity made them a popular currency, too. By the 1600s, demand was so high that instead of bringing them overland on camel caravans, traders had begu...

In Salinas de Ibarra, a region in the north of Ecuador, the salt was filtered from the ground, and pressed into currency units. ÍCONOS is a creative and ethnographic exploration of ...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

By adopting the format of a coin enlarged to architectural scale, the artist reinterprets the symbolic authority of currency. Instead of national leaders or fixed monetary values, th...

Historically, the Fanam and Chuckram coins were the regular unit of currency in medieval Travancore and appear to have been extensively used for trading in the region of South India.

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...

The gesture of the repetition of small elements and the time invested in doing so is used as a tool to give “value” to the images that are constructed. From the series Currency Chin...