‘Aristotle would be amazed. Santiago made something out of nothing – because he turned a bill of exchange into an object of art.'
Miguel Palacios, Professor of Finance, Vanderbilt University
In Money Talks, Santiago Montoya combines the pop vocabulary of Warhol and a multitude of international banknotes, using the world's leading currencies as his aesthetic arena.
Montoya began working with currency as his medium of choice in 2007 - viewing paper currency as ready-made works of art, Montoya set about cutting, stretching and altering the bills to push the boundaries of art in both a new and unexpected way. Montoya reinterprets paper currency as both a canvas as well as a raw material, exploring the added value beyond its very surface.
