About the artwork
Made up of several hundred discarded photos of anonymous identities, this dollar reminds us of the immense social structures in which individuals are immersed. Depersonalized, each portrait forms a mass in need of an identity, contributing anonymously to the strength of the whole. Taking up the world-famous, banal motif of the American dollar bill, Bai Yiluo questions Chinese identity in the face of Western capitalist identity.
Expert opinion
This work by Bai Yiluo has all the characteristics that make his art so original. Through repetition, the use of everyday objects such as identity photos and the dollar, the artist questions the human condition and its depersonalization in contemporary culture.
About the artist
Chinese artist born in 1968. Lives and works in Beijing (China). Trained as a photographer, Bai Yiluo turned to art through Ai Weiwei, where he worked as an assistant. Through everyday objects, the artist tackles the question of identity and the unbridled production of our contemporary world. Committed, his art approaches the human condition as a cyclical struggle. Bai Yiluo's work has been featured in the exhibition "Alors, la Chine?" at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (USA). Bai Yiluo is collected by the Saatchi Gallery (London, UK) and the White Box Art Center (Beijing, China).
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