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	Minneapolis	• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
		• Walker Art Center
		• Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota

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	St. Paul	• American Museum of Asmat Art
		• Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota
		• Minnesota Museum of American Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Embarrassment of Riches: Picturing Global Wealth September 17, 2010— January 2, 2011 Abelardo Morell Cuban, b. 1948 39 Gold Bar: $15,372.742 (11 AM/GMT-3/13/08): $988.25/oz Zurich, Switzerland, 2008 The last two decades have witnessed historic flows and fluctuations of wealth on a global scale, and marked the development of a new interdependent world economy. Within these new conditions, money has flooded emerging markets (Russia, Saudi Arabia); economic powers have dramatically risen and fallen (Japan and recently the U.S.); and accelerated growth and once unimaginable political partnerships have emerged (China). The question this exhibition seeks to explore is: How have photographers pictured and examined the new economy? This leads to other provocative questions for audiences to consider, such as, what does wealth look like in different cultural situations and, more generally, in our age? Approximately 20 photographs will be on view in the exhibition. Some of the specific themes that will be addressed include: Imagining the Social: Tina Barney (New England), Martin Parr (England), Cindy Sherman (New York); New/Old Cities: Andreas Gursky (Europe) and Sze Tsung Leong (Asia); and Objects to Consume: Andreas Gursky, Abelardo Morell and Jacqueline Hassink.

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