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Friday, June 17, 2011

100,000 dollars on the wall.

Hans-Peter Feldmann, a German visual artist was awarded 100k after winning the Hugo Boss Prize, given by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, for his unique contemporary artwork. In honor and thanks to Guggenheim for the prize, Feldmann proposed an idea to tack one-hundred thousand dollars in single one-dollar bills of U.S. currency on the walls and pillars in a exhibit room inside of the Guggenheim Museum. It took approximately 13 days to pin all of the money to the walls. (I could of done that with a truck full of Mexicans in like 3 hours, but the walls might not be as voluminous and our pants might be heavier upon departure.) The exhibition will be available until November 2, 2011, on which Feldmann will take all of his revered prize earnings down and travel to the nearest strip-club and "make it rain on dem bitch ass stanky hoes", said Feldmann. (Okay, maybe he didn't say that, but he fucking better.)
"Those are dollar-bills, awesome. Especially that one."
"Why are we all wearing all black again? Oh yeah, because we're so much more sophisticated and artsy."