Eric Wesley's Timbucktu Currency and Turnable Tables at Timeshare
At Timeshare in Los Angeles, Eric Wesley's solo exhibition 'Turning Tables' critiques the commercialization of art through a functioning alternative currency called Timbucks. The show features a Samsonite briefcase filled with purple Timbucktu cash (conversion rate: 6.66 Timbucks to 9.99 USD) and three wooden parallelepipeds that serve as turnable tables. The tables, painted with loose strokes and drips, are labeled with serial numbers, a company name ('Standard Modeling'), and the artist's contact info, parodying high-end art/design hybrids. Also on display are binders of index-card drawings priced at 66.66 Timbucks each, some containing obscure aphorisms like 'Metro Pictures Gallery Conspired w/ China to Ruin Me.' Wesley previously created a mock business at the 2019 Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair, offering his entire estate for $1 million. The exhibition runs from July 19 to August 10, 2024.
Key facts
- Eric Wesley's solo exhibition 'Turning Tables' is at Timeshare, Los Angeles.
- The show includes a Samsonite briefcase filled with Timbucktu cash (Timbucks).
- Conversion rate: 6.66 Timbucks to 9.99 US dollars.
- Three wooden parallelepipeds function as turnable tables.
- Tables have serial numbers, 'Standard Modeling' company name, and artist's contact info.
- Binders of index-card drawings are available for 66.66 Timbucks each.
- One drawing references Metro Pictures Gallery and China Art Objects.
- In 2019, Wesley offered his entire estate for $1 million at Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair.
Entities
Artists
- Eric Wesley
Institutions
- Timeshare
- Standard Modeling
- Metro Pictures Gallery
- China Art Objects
- Bortolami Gallery
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States