Laura Gilbert |
All images Copyright 2008,
2009 Laura Gilbert.
2009 Laura Gilbert.
The artist with her Zero Dollarprint on Wall Street,
October 7, 2008.
October 7, 2008.
editions of the many thousands, deflating their
monetary value to zero -- and then giving the prints
away -- as her artistic analogy to the unprecedented
loss of wealth the images address.
Her prints are in the collections of museums and public
institutions and of thousands of individuals around the
world.
monetary value to zero -- and then giving the prints
away -- as her artistic analogy to the unprecedented
loss of wealth the images address.
Her prints are in the collections of museums and public
institutions and of thousands of individuals around the
world.
Laura Gilbert has been singled out by The New York
Times as a breakout artist -- one of a mere few whose
work confronts, head-on, perhaps the most significant and
disturbing issue of our time: the turmoil in the global
economy. See A.G. Sulzberger, "The Art of Hard Times," in
The New York Times.
At the height of the economic crisis, she created
hand-signed and numbered prints in
Times as a breakout artist -- one of a mere few whose
work confronts, head-on, perhaps the most significant and
disturbing issue of our time: the turmoil in the global
economy. See A.G. Sulzberger, "The Art of Hard Times," in
The New York Times.
At the height of the economic crisis, she created
hand-signed and numbered prints in
The Bailout Bill, digital print, 11 x 8.5 inches, detail,
distributed in front of Citigroup's Park Avenue headquarters
in March 2009, when Citi's stock price fell below $1.
distributed in front of Citigroup's Park Avenue headquarters
in March 2009, when Citi's stock price fell below $1.
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