This work is formed by three skate decks made of 7 ply grade A Canadian maple wood. Top-print includes the official Andy Warhol brand logo.
Dollar Sign Blue - Skateboard art edition under license.
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Andy Warhol’s Dollar Sign series, begun in the early 1980s, reflects the artist’s fascination with consumer culture, money, and the economy as symbols of power and desire in contemporary society. Moving away from the celebrity portraits and everyday products that made him famous, Warhol focuses here on money itself, represented by the iconic dollar sign, transforming it into a repetitive, visually striking motif.
In these works, the monetary symbol becomes an object of aesthetic contemplation, with gold, black, and other vibrant colors emphasizing both the shine and the artificiality of economic power. The repetition of the symbol not only reflects mass production and market logic, which Warhol observed around him, but also creates an almost hypnotic effect, reminding us that money, though omnipresent, holds an almost mythical aura in our culture.
The Dollar Sign also carries Warhol’s inherent irony: while the symbol represents wealth and ambition, its pictorial treatment strips it of practical function and turns it into a visual icon, a play between economic value and aesthetic value. With this series, Warhol comments not only on capitalism and fame but also demonstrates how a familiar symbol can gain artistic significance, provoking both reflection and admiration.
