digital print on vinyl
210 x 510 cm
edition 5+2AP
At the end of the 1990s the artist noticed that his CV is growing fast while his income and ability to support his family was staying close to zero. Any earnings he was able to secure were from working outside of his home country. Any money he brought home from his working trips had to be exchanged immediately for the local currency. He wanted to know who is paying for his career, and later on – to meet them - the taxpayers-turned-visitors to the shows he was part of. He was aware that he is part of a kind of symbolic exchange and wanted to explore in more detail the situation.
The work is a calculation of how much money was spent for the artist’s career between 1991 and early 2000, excluding sales of art works. The work consists of “data nests” where scanned documentation, receipts, photos from social occasions and installations are grouped together with textual explanation and notes concerning each show, conference or residency. The print is a kind of a mini-retrospective of the artist.