YAW OWUSU ARTIST RESIDENCY COLLABORATION

In a renewed and more integrated partnership with ICA San Diego / North this season, Art of Elan reacted to artwork currently on display at the museum in a series of artist residency collaborations.

In September, Art of Elan's Fiona Digney performed in a collaborative performance with ICA San Diego's Artist-in-Residence, Yaw Owusu, whose exhibition, "A Penny, for What It's Worth", deconstructs the exchange rates of copper through the different stages of being; from raw material, to monetary value, to art, to the art market

Owusu’s transformation of something as common as a penny into pieces of art captures new perspectives on value when re-contextualized. The copper used in the construction of pennies has doubled in value since 2016, and due to inflation is worth more than the penny itself By uniting the raw material with the penny ’ s monetary value, Owusu transforms the depreciated copper into art objects whose value is decided by social, cultural, and economic exchange.