Untitled 1982 (Lawyers, guns & money 1) 1997 Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA

exhibition
Tags: Minor Solo, Installation
Title
Untitled 1982 (Lawyers, guns & money 1)
Date
1997
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Part of the Lawyers, guns & money project. John Reid has been working on a piece made up entirely of Australian banknotes since 1982. The project, designed to draw attention to the economic underpinnings of political repression – and in particular political disappearances – resulted in a three year legal battle. the case ended, under a new Act in Parliament, with the granting of permission for the artist to cut up banknotes – an act other wise illegal for individuals in Australia.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
EAF annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Lawyers, guns & money: a project of the Experimental Art Foundation. Adelaide, SA: Experimental Art Foundation, 1997
ISBN 0949836338

Event type/s
exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo
Installation