Carlos Aires Spain, b. 1974
After I'm gone. Love songs for times of crisis, 2022
Cotton archival photo paper, golden pins, cardboard, gold leaf covered wooden frame, antireflective museum glass.
110 x 160 x 7 cm.
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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'After I'm gone' is part of 'Love songs for times of crisis', a series of installations made of camouflaged song lyrics on extracted and enlarged images from banknotes of various...
"After I'm gone" is part of "Love songs for times of crisis", a series of installations made of camouflaged song lyrics on extracted and enlarged images from banknotes of various countries. The lyrics is installed by using a technique similar to that used in entomology over a portrait take from different bills. Forming the lyrics of the popular song, the piece points at the preponderance of economic power with its consequent international conflicts.