January 27 - April 28
Main Gallery | $7 Admission Ages 13+

Members Only Reception Thursday, January 25, 5 - 7 pm
RSVP by January 19th by calling 970.962.2410

Free Day Wednesday, March 6

Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection presents the innovative ways artists use money as a conceptual idea and medium to explore notions of value and worth beyond declared denominations.

The artists of Cultural Currency use money as inspiration or a medium by re-purposing bills and coins into exquisite artworks. The resulting works address various issues, including race, capitalism, politics, national and cultural identities, and much more.

However, it is the psychological toll brought on by monetary rule that is shared by all artists in the show – from humor to desire to desperation – the emotional impact is palpable as money seems to be an abstract, illusive object for many.

Collector Louise Rothman- Reimer reminds us that money is just paper and coin and that humans instate value, turning it into the ultimate form of conceptual art. Rothman- Reimer states, “Money is not money. It is what people want. It is power, security, the ability to do the things that they want, need, or would like to do. Money…becomes what people bring to it.”

Cultural Currency is a nationally traveling exhibition organized by Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.