Debtfair New Mexico
Occupy Museums, Debtfair New Mexico (2018). Mixed media installation with works by 20 artists and accompanying digital display. Installation view, 516 Arts (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Nov 17, 2018 – Feb 23, 2019
Photo: Erika Harrsch
In Debtfair, Occupy Museums continues their ongoing intervention that began at Art League Houston and appeared at the Whitney Biennial in 2017. The collective asks New Mexico artists how debt affects them and their art and uses collected data to explore the real impacts of debt at a time when U.S. credit card debt alone is over one trillion dollars.
ABOUT DEBTFAIR
Debtfair is an ongoing artistic campaign dedicated to exploring the relationship between economic inequality in the art market and artists’ increasing debt burdens. Debtfair is a project of Occupy Museums (a direct action art group that grew out of the Occupy Wall Street Movement in 2011) and is supported by core artists Tal Beery (NY), Imani Jacqueline Brown (LA), Noah Fischer (NY), Kenneth Pietrobono (NY) Arthur Polendo (NY) and Gabriella Szpunt (NY).
ABOUT 516 ARTS
516 ARTS is a nonprofit, contemporary art museum in the center of Downtown Albuquerque that celebrates thought-provoking art in the here and now. Its mission is to connect contemporary artists and diverse audiences. 516 ARTS presents relevant exhibitions and public programs, which feature a mix of local, national and international artists, inspiring curiosity, risk-taking and creative experimentation.
ABOUT CURRENCY
https://www.516arts.org/exhibitions/currency-what-do-you-value
Currency is an exhibition of local, national and international artists who, through a range of media, reflect on our relationship with money and materialism. Currency invites audiences to re-examine various elements of contemporary economic systems as social constructs, as mythologies, and as complex frameworks that often determine how societies value money, time, art and progress. It asks viewers to consider not only the perceptions of how the circulation of currency impacts the economy but how money impacts creativity. What is the value of art in a society powered by commodification?
Debtfair NM Installation by Occupy Museums: Jordan Alvarenga, Frank Blazquez, Caitlin Carcerano, Emma Casady, George Evans, Simone Frances, Tlacaelel Fuentes, Richard Garriot-Stejskal, Hank Jones, Bryan Konefsky, Patrick Manning, Lance Ryan McGoldrick, Danai Morningstar, Yvette Nary, Eden R, Carrie Ratkevich, Renée Romero, ADR, Simone Romero, Jasmine Vigil. Digital Display: Alec, B.C. Anderson, Anonymous, Anonymous, Anonymous, Anonymous, Anonymous, Alex Athens, Chantel B, L. BaLoMbiNi, Hazel Batrezchavez, Mitch Berg, Beth Blakeman, Bollinger, Janet Bothne, Breanna Emerenciana Mora, Sean Burke, Lia Conzemius, Jeanette Cook, Lauren Deyo, Erin Elder, ELE, Elizabeth, Juana Estrada Hernandez, Ranran Fan, Tristano Farzan, Lane Fenner, Marie-Pier Frigon, Elliot M Fubar, Sean Paul Gallegos, Erin Galvez, Catherine Page Harris, Thom Hölzer, Emily Hutchings, Jennings, JG, Jordan Jirschele, Shirley K., Joanne Keane Lopez, Chuck Lathrop, Lorraine E. Leslie, Roe LiBretto, Lori Metals, Gerald Lovato, liliths love, Sonia Luévano, luke, Lucinda Lynch, Mezaland, Mark Migliaccio, Drew Miller, Billy Joe Miller, Mrs. Amnesia, Candy Nartonis, Nicky Ovitt, Allyson Packer, Vincent A Piazza, André Ramos-Woodard, Austin Reed, Kari Kaplan, Reeves, Sheldon Richards, Holly Roberts, Terri Rolland, Denise Weaver Ross, RT, David Rudolph, Sarah, Michael Schippling, Michael Sharber, Justin Thor Simenson, Myriam Tapp, Nick Tauro Jr., Nina Tichava, Piers Watson, Fehrunissa Willett, Robert Willits and Andre Woodard.