Artist talk with Mel Chin
Followed by the collection of Fundred Dollar Bills at 21c Museum
Tuesday, April 13
Artist Talk and Performance Lecture: 6:00pm
Gallery 3
Fundred Dollar Bill Collection for Louisville: 7:00pm
7th Street, in front of 21c Museum Entrance
Both are free and open to the public
To celebrate the official collection of the Fundred Dollar Bill Project in Louisville,
21c Museum will host Mel Chin for a discussion of his work in his professional career.
The Louisville collection of Fundreds will occur immediately following the talk.
At 7pm, the veggie-oil powered armored truck will collect all the bills that the
Louisville community has made and be on its way towards Congress. A printable bill
with instructions is available here,
make a Fundred now and bring it to the artist talk!
Mel Chin will speak about his approach to conceptual work. Originally an artist
working in sculpture and installation with many successful exhibitions in museums
across the country, Chin began to work in less object-based media. Instead, he prefers
to make as little with his own hands as possible, he currently works in ways that
incorporate social justice, political awareness, ecological consciousness, and the
ability of art to transcend convention.
The most recent of these works is the Fundred
Dollar Bill Project, a nation-wide endeavor that is environmental activism
and a social cause driven by a collaborative art project. Everyone is invited to
make a Fundred Dollar Bill; the sum of these original art pieces will be taken to
Congress in an exchange for funding to cleanse the lead-contaminated soil threatening
nearly 100,000 youth in the city of New Orleans, bringing attention to a nationwide
issue.
About the Artist
Mel Chin has also exhibited in numerous group shows including the Fifth Biennial
of Havana, Cuba; Seventh Architectural Biennial in Venice, Italy; Kwangju Biennale,
Korea; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;
Whitney Museum of American Art; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; and Museum of Modern
Art, New York.
The Fundred Dollar Bill Project is presented by 21c Museum and LVAA Open Doors Program