There is no better iconic imagery within American culture than their currency, which is perfectly catpured within Mark Wagner's currency collages.
With so many easily identifiable images from the American dollar bill such as George Washington's visage, the uniform green color and the artwork made out of dense lines, Wagner's currency collages take the dollar bill design into new exciting directions. The collages are loaded with social commentary as well as beautifully haunting images cobbled together solely through the design of American currency. It's also impressive that Wagner was able to include such social commentary without resorting to using the seeing eye pyramid on the back of the bill that many associate with the Illuminati and government control.
Wagner himself describes his work the best when he says, "blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers -- striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable… the foreign in the familiar."
Artistic Currency Collages
These Dollar Bill Collages by Mark Wagner are Financially Creative
Trend Themes
1. Financial Art Collages - The creation of unique collages from currency provides an opportunity to innovate in the art world by using commonly found materials in a new artistic way.
2. Social Commentary Currency Art - Art can be used to make social commentary by using currency to create collages that mix design with political statements.
3. Innovative Medium Use - Using currency as a medium for art can provide an opportunity to disrupt traditional art forms and challenge perceptions of the art-making process.
Industry Implications
1. Art - The art industry can utilize the medium of currency collages to offer innovative new artwork that challenges traditional art forms and provides a new perspective.
2. Finance - The finance industry can use financial art collages as a way to re-contextualize currency and provoke discussion about monetary value.
3. Marketing - Marketers can use currency collages as a way to subvert common perceptions of branding and packaging by using recognizable imagery in unexpected ways.