Sep 27

Bank Job

Fri, September 27, 2024 - Wed, November 20, 2024 • Perlman Teaching Museum
A cracked open roll of pennies which are edge-engraved with the phrase, “THE BODY WAS ALREADY SO FRAGILE”. The image is carefully composed: half of the roll is stacked upright and half is spilling out across a neutral-grey background, which is studio lit.

The Perlman Teaching Museum presents Bank Job, an exhibition that reflects on the conceptual, material, ideological, and political contours of currency and exchange. The exhibition is an art history lesson in conceptual art via the medium of currency, themes of forgery, trickery, and the trope of the heist.

Artist include Darren Bader, Chris Burden, Bruce Conner, Genpei Akasegawa, Frank Heath, Devin Kenny, Janice Kerbel, Cildo Meireles, Jill Magid, Bart Thrall, Vaughan Rachel, Edward Kienholz, Andy Warhol, and Constantina Zavitsanos.

An opening celebration will take place Thursday, September 26, from 5–7 p.m. in the Perlman Teaching Museum.

Image credit: Jill Magid, Tender, 2020, 120,000 edge-engraved 2020 US pennies, custom wrapper, image courtesy of the artist, Creative Time, New York, and LABOR, Mexico City. Photograph by Paul McGeiver.

from Perlman Teaching Museum

Event Contact: Sara Cluggish
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Event Summary

Bank Job
  • Intended For: General Public, Students, Faculty, Staff, Emeriti, Alums, Prospective Students, Families
  • Categories: Exhibition

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