Byron Johnston is a sculptor who studied at the University of California at Santa Barbara, receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture in 1990, after studies at the University of Victoria which lead to a BFA in 1988, and at Simon Fraser University.
Scope and content
The work consists of two thousand US dollars, shredded, in fine strips 0.2 x 15 cm, massed in a volume approximately 12.5 x 30 x 15 cm, 1997.
Note
The artist noted the following: "I stumbled across a warehouse full of this in Los Angeles, enough to fill 17 flat bed semi-trucks. The owner wanted me to buy the supply and have it shipped to Canada for a cost of $37,000 US. My collection consists of a small sample that I have fun with."
