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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Scratch Art: U.S. Dollars Sculpted Into Incredible Works: Web Urbanist. COOL

By Delana in Architecture & DesignGadgets & Geek ArtGraffiti & Drawing


Where art is concerned, is the medium as important as the message? In his 
2011 exhibition Noblesse Oblige, tattoo artist Scott Campbellexplores some 
unconventional materials that call into question our perceptions of that 
unique relationship. His series of carvings made of uncut U.S. currency 
throw together unparalleled opulence (wasting money) and working-class 
imagery.
Campbell’s history as a tattoo artist shows through in the images he carves 
into huge stacks of American money. Relying heavily on skulls, skeletons,
butterflies and other pictures that would be at home in the pages of a 
flash book in a tattoo studio, these unusual sculptures are truly a study 
in differences.
The most-publicized piece of the show, a three-dimensional skull in a box, 
is made up of more than $11,000 in stacked, uncut sheets of real currency. T
he money speaks of opulence and privilege, but the skull inside brings to 
mind a far more down-to-earth mentality.
These pieces, with their tattoo art sensibilities and the over-the-top 
abundance of their materials, present a strange type of experience for fine 
art lovers. Much like the artists who paint with their own blood or box up 
their own excrement, the medium changes the message.
Imagine the same pieces carved instead into plain white paper. They 
would be considerably less striking, regardless of the obvious skill of their 
creator. We are drawn to juxtapositions like these because, collectively, 
we enjoy the visual surprises that come from fine art being rendered in 
an unexpected medium.

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