Gajillion incorporates an uncirculated 1934 $1,000 bill into a work about value, scarcity, and ingenuity. The bill is set within the frame, forming the foundation for the piece. On the front, Grover Cleveland trades presidential stoicism for a butcher’s knife, carving into a rib roast in a pointed convergence of money, meat, and material obsession.
The bill is a relic of another financial era. While it did not outpace inflation, its rarity gives it a different kind of endurance. It reflects the way collectible objects, from art to currency, can hold value beyond their original purpose.
Built to hold $1,000 in Bitcoin, Gajillion places a historic banknote and digital currency in the same conversation, contrasting how two forms of $1,000 move through time. Alongside the rib roast, the work considers value as money, asset, nourishment, and display.
On the reverse, a miniature skillet scene, including rib roast, garlic, butter, and rosemary, was 3D-printed and hand-painted in meticulous detail.
Paired with Rare and OG, Gajillion stands as a singular one-of-one work exploring value, absurdity, and preservation.
