Adam Olsson (b. 1984) works across photography, printmaking, video, and music. In Artificial Money, he reimagines the Danish 1,000-kroner banknote through vibrant silkscreen prints, exploring its cultural significance and symbolism in an increasingly cashless society.
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Adam Olsson, who graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2010, works with photography, printmaking, video and music. In the Pop Art exhibition Artificial Money, he reinterprets the iconic Danish thousand-kroner banknote, which will lose its validity on May 31, 2025. Through colorful silkscreen prints, Olsson mixes nostalgia, humor and critical reflection as he examines the banknote’s aesthetics, history and symbolic meaning in a time when physical money is disappearing. The exhibition challenges our view of money – as a means of payment, but also as an artistic and cultural icon.
