Expensive Art II

Justine Smith lives and works in London, creating beautiful money sculptures for everyone to enjoy. Her work as an exploration of our relationship with money and our response to it, in a political, moral and social sense, while also exploiting the physical beauty of the printed note.

'Absolute Power'. US Dollars. 19.5 x 12.5 x 3.5cm. 2005.













'Washington'. Resin, Currency, Leather. 80 x 39 x 23 cm. Edition of 8. 2005.













'Specimen 2 Poppy'. - detail Chinese Banknotes, Acrylic Dome. 61 x 38 cm. 2005.













'Money Map of the World'. - Currency on paper, 136 x 42 cm. 2004/5











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