Original artwork description:

64x84 cm | Filler, oak panel

I used 10m of metal wire to draw giant segments of concentric circles in the wet filler. One end is attached to a spike in my table on the other side of the studio, and on the other end is a Norwegian Krone coin that conveniently has a small hole in the middle. The ever-so-slightly curved lines might be associated with celestial orbits, and I’m trying to juxtapose that with the field of finance. Money has its own kind of gravity, I believe. Large sums seem to attract more of it. Wealth is getting more and more concentrated. Being on the outskirts of the global finance system makes it difficult to maintain independence. The pull of the main currencies and the flow of capital is too strong. The Norwegian money might be peripheral, but the national oil fund is one of the largest in the world.

Materials used:

Filler (coarse and fine) in oak frame

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