Shane Mecklenburger: Tendered Currency

 Tendered Currency is set of objects and videos examining perceived value.

Markets have permanently altered the definition and function of art. Like diamonds, art is a luxury commodity and a symbol of scarcity, emotion, investment, taste and labor. By participating in these systems, these works explore what we value and how we value it.

On display will be three diamonds made from symbolic materials: The Gunpowder Diamond, The Roadkill Diamond and The Superman Diamond. Also on display will be Mecklenburger's synchronized single channel videos; Love is a Burning Thing and Down the River consisting of digitally animated diamonds and arcing flames.