It seemed like there were $$ signs in quite a few eyes during the recent art openings. In several locations you could see Dan Tague’s amusing prints of flattened origami dollar bills which revealed secret messages like the fold ups in the back of mad magazine. Although not likely to pass at the local corner store, Mel Chin needed a vault and an armored car to secure his fundred dollar bills which he hopes to use to strike paydirt in congress. As it turns out, if lead were like gold, the children of new orleans would be rich. In a similar theme, Srjdan Loncar’s fake bundles of bills for Prospect.1 lined the Old Mint with the gleam of accrued value, if you buy today. Joining these moneymakers, gallery owner and artist Jonathan Ferrara made a couple of blocks of bucks himself. With all this fakery going on, the city might have to bypass the art cops and go straight to the secret service. Perhaps they can decide which is counterfeit.
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Read this blog and thought you might like to see what Dan Tague is up to now. Check it out!
In the true spirit of creativity, entrepreneurship and community activism, it is our distinct honor to announce the launch of two new websites that helps spread the message of hope and at the same time helps artists with housing.
www.hopeinthewhitehouse.com
and
www.cashruleseverything.com
Artist Dan Tague and gallerist Jonathan Ferrara have joined forces to launch these websites of shirts of art featuring Tague's folded $$$ bill imagery of unique messages of inspiration and self-examination.
Tague's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and art centers across the US and is in several prominent museum and private collections nationwide. His original works on paper sell for thousands. In an effort to make his work more accessible to all those who love his art, we are releasing these shirts of art.
One dollar, $1.00, from every shirt sold will go directly to the New Orleans Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a certified 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, that brings families and communities in need together with volunteers and resources to build decent, affordable houses.
*** A portion of the donated proceeds will go to providing affordable housing for artists in New Orleans***.
SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHERS WHO SHOULD SEE IT AND HELP ARTISTS REBUILD NEW ORLEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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