Want to see $100,000 in singles up close? German conceptual artist Hans-Peter Feldmann's Guggenheim installation is where you want to go. The artist was named the winner of the 8th Biennal Hugo Boss Prize, where the prize comes with an honorarium of $100,000—he took that money, in singles, and has now tacked it to the museum's walls.
In an interview, Feldmann said, “I’m 70 years old, and I began making art in the ’50s. At that time there was no money in the art world. Money and art didn’t exist. So for me $100,000 is very special. It’s incredible really. And I would like to show the quantity of it.”
It took the museum's art handlers 13 days to pin the singles (which are all out-of-circulation) to the wall, where it will stay until November 2nd.
