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Artwork by Steven Simon
Import
2004
70"x78"x74" Reed, U.S. Currency

Review in Art Scene
July, August 2005

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IMPORT reflects the crushing weight of our times.
Built from over a quarter of a mile of reed fencing spun around
a square steel pipe. Sheets of one-dollar bills are wrapped inside
each layer, visible from the edges and the final massive circumference.
The artist's maternal grandparents began a small business importing
reed and bamboo products from the Orient over sixty years ago.
IMPORT examines the spiraling trade deficit in the United States.
Dependence on fossil fuels has sustained an imbalance
for the food and technology our country exports to the world.
 
         
   

Installed in the
Lobby of 21st Century
Insurance Plaza,
Woodland Hills, California

 
         
         
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    1900 lbs.  
         
     
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