Aleksandra Mir
Venezia (All Places Contain All Others), 2009
Set of 100 postcards, 14.8 x 10.4 cm each

Conceptually and formally diverse, the work of the artists in "The Luxury of Dirt" walks along this fine line; issues such as the introduction of elements considered 'dirty' or 'poor' into an intellectual or aesthetic dimension, the re-contextualization of iconographic images and their transformation into social statements, and the involuntary elitism of symbols and objects designed to represent common well-being are addressed from different angles, while emphasizing a desire to investigate a particular condition by going through a deconstructive and reconstructive process.