From HuffPo: "The New Moneyed Art"

Made of 81,895 pieces cut from 1,121 U.S. Dollar bills, Mark Wagner’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” — a 17-by-six-foot decoupage homage to the Statue of Liberty — directly answers the question of what Americans can create with their money. Originally commissioned in a larger format for an unnamed heiress, “Give Me Liberty” — a smaller version at Chelsea’s Pavel Zoubok Gallery through August 13 — weaves in mythic, historical and metaphoric narratives about America using nothing but glue and every centimeter of a dollar bill.

To Wagner, anything more is superfluous.

“The dollar bill the is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in the United States. We handle it and use it every day, but we don’t stop and look at it every day,” said Wagner. “Everyone worries about money, everyone has issues with money — it’s a better representation of America and Americana than even the flag.

“There’s a lot wrapped up in that little piece of paper.”

— Adrian Margaret Brune for the Huffington Post

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