Dan Tague’s Oragami Activism
James David wrote this post at 10:06 am on April 17th, 2008.
Dan Tague’s Cash Rules Everything Around Me is on display at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (New Orleans, LA) for only two more days. Tague reconceptualizes common objects for use as artifacts in his “own complex altered narratives.” In this case, he’s folded American money to create phrases using the text on the bill.
In the dollar, he’s managed to find such politically charged phrases as “We Trust Liars, He is a liar. State of Fear. The American Idol. I Hate War. Hunt For Oil. The Heat is On. In God We Trust, Serve The State.”
Above: In God We Trust, Serve The State
Above: God Is American
Above: Hunt For Oil
Above: State of Fear
Above: Unite NOLA
Source: NOTCOT, Photo Credits: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
