sculpture/stack-of-bills — Piotr Bator

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“Stack of Bills”
Sculpture, 2017
Stack of paper bills and transparent silicone.
Size approx. 24 x 15 x 1 cm (9.5 x 6 x0.4 inch)

A stack of bills immersed in transparent silicone is one of my art objects from series of preserved items. It’s a series of capturing objects, freezing them in time, preserving from decomposition and ageing.
Clouded form of transparent silicone stands for unclear vision of monetary future based on current and past economy history. Bank notes in a stack are presumably Asian origin with visible Asian man character, letters and graphics. Financial differences between Asian countries and countries like America or most of European countries brings a reflection of necessity for financial balance in the world.
At the back of the “Stack of Bills” word “HELL” is clearly visible which allude to often distorted beliefs about wealth to devilish, literally "from hell" ancestry. It’s often triggered through programming by religious beliefs still used for manipulation and influencing. Truth about wealth is a totally opposite, nowadays religions have less and less influence and more democratic entrepreneur lifestyle is becoming a more common form of contemporary living. At the back of the “Stack of Bills” is also visible word “OTE” which stands for “On-Target-Earnings” commonly known in companies which pay a basic salary combined with earned bonuses and commissions for achieving targets, especially popular in sales sector where OTE is the fairest form of gratitude and reward for employees.
Summarising, the “Stack of Bills” preserves meaning and significant value of stack of bank notes, which can be possibly obsolete in near future replaced with cards and other digital monetary forms. This piece also communicates to us significant necessity for financial balance in the world and inspire to change of our mindset in regard to wealth and financial abundance often very distorted.

* Photographs of the “Stack of Bills” are available in giclée prints, signed, numbered with certificate of authenticity; contact for further details.