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 charlie england: the hell in hello
 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.Money matters at London’s Wyer Gallery. We all know by now that money makes the world go round. But artist Charlie England’s new exhibition questions the value of money itself.The RCA graduate’s show at the newly opened Wyer Gallery, off the beaten track in Battersea, London, is a series of diptychs that play with the imagery of banknotes. England has replaced every image of individuals (kings, queens, presidents, etc.) with differently shaped icebergs. He has plundered the world’s currency and transformed it into a strangely desolate series of square-shaped super-sized notes. Although at first they appear simple, each note takes weeks of work as ink is imprinted on handmade paper using the same software as The Bank Of England. The process is labour intensive but the results are immediate and almost facile. Blown up, distorted and played with, money resembles almost lonely emblematic imagery floating with no destination. This is quiet, graphic work but it’s got something. Charlie England: The Hell In Hello is at the Wyer Gallery, London, until 13 October 05.
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comment by danjp123
Oct 18, 2005
This reminds me of the Ross Iceberg B-15. Perhaps we should have icebergs on bank notes as a kind of memorial as they slowly (supposedly) melt away; after all the Head of State is like sooooooo overrated.
comment by Alastair Lee editor
Oct 5, 2005
what a great idea. i'd love one of these in my flat. not that i worship money or anything, i just think they're really smart. Shame i can't afford one.
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