Relph invited a number of artists to design and build donation boxes for a charity or institution of their choosing. These boxes were installed throughout the fair, encouraging the visiting public to donate. Once the fair was over, both the box itself and the money raised were given to the chosen charities. As a public display of physical cash and relative modesty, the project provided a contrast with the vast amounts of ‘invisible’ money that is exchanged at the fair, and was an opportunity for the artists involved to consider their work in a new context.
Nick Relph (b. 1979) is a British artist based in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York (2010); solo exhibitions with Oliver Payne include: John Kobal New Work Award, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2009) and Serpentine Gallery, London (2005). Group exhibitions include ‘The Page’, Kimmerich, New York, (2010); group exhibitions with Oliver Payne include: Yokohama Trienniale, (2008); ‘Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now’, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston and ‘The Artist and the Computer’, Museum of Modern Art, New York (both 2007); and Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London (2006).
