Erika Harrsch
US DOLLAR KITES, 2012
Mixed media on ripstop spinnaker nylon fabric
Carbon and fiberglass rods
Each approx. 85 x 45 in
MAO DRAGON KITE, 2012
Mixed media on ripstop spinnaker nylon fabric
Carbon and fiberglass rods
Each approx. 19 ft x 6ft (with arms 12ft)
CASH VAULT, 2012
Polycarbonate cabin, metal base, ventilator
and paper currency butterflies
30 x 30 in x 6ft
With these works the fleeting and ephemeral beauty of butterflies is linked to the specter of money, seemingly omni-present but mostly out of reach. Presented either in free flight on the ceiling of the former bank or fluttering inside a glass cube, these images of international currency as butterflies allude to volatile currency markets, capital circulation and migration.
Both projects simultaneously create a whimsical appreciation of the flight of a butterfly, juxtaposed against the somber heaviness of the continued depression in worldwide financial markets and events. At the same time. the question of beauty and ephemerality point to the difficulty in assessing the meaning of value and true exchange.
Special Thanks to Mexican Cultural Institute, Goldring Family Foundation and Elsa and Marvin Ross-Greifinger.
Exhibitions
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