The Columbus Museum of Art presents In __ We Trust: Art and Money from October 3, 2014 to March1, 2015. In __ We Trust is a group show featuring 26 artists and collectives from diverseinternational backgrounds whose work addresses the nature of money and its complex relationship toart. The exhibition presents works that use currency as a material or subject, involvetransactions, precious materials, alternative forms of exchange, and explore aspects of thefinancial economy. Anchored by select pieces from previous decades, the exhibition focuses on workmade since the 2008 financial crisis.

Artists include JSG Boggs, Sarah Cain, Susan Collis, Moyra Davey, e-flux Time/Bank, ClaireFontaine, Tom Friedman, Meshac Gaba, Ryan Gander, Ori Gersht, Roger Hiorns, William E. Jones, Komarand Melamid, Gabriel Kuri, Caleb Larsen, Shane Mecklenburger, Cildo Meireles, Ester Partegas, PaulRamirez Jonas, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Reena Spaulings, Superflex, Mark Wagner, Nari Ward, Andy Warholand Robert Wechsler. Money is a simple fact of everyday life, as well as fundamental to our social,political and economic order. Together, these artists explore issues of representation, value andexchange that have both personal and global impact.

The Museum has an important focus on art that explores social issues, and money has a morecentral place in our society, and our art, than ever before, said CMA Executive Director NannetteMaciejunes. This show helps us consider the values, symbols and relationships that circulate alongwith our money.

In __ We Trust: Art and Money is CMAs first major thematic exhibition organized by Tyler Cann,the Museums associate curator of contemporary art. Although we tend to think of money as inherentlyvaluable, its value is a convention that depends on collective states of mind like trust andconfidence, Cann says Like money, art requires some shared belief in its potential to holdmeaning.

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