WALLET:DESIRE
It will make you feel better and better.

For the last 10+ years Indira Martina Morre has been collecting the mailer credit cards that she receives from various banks and financial institutions that hope to ensnare another debtor. She has collected over 400 cards.

In her project Wallet:Desire Card Morre alters these cards with drawings and paintings to transform them into wallet paintings. Her alterations include icons from Morre's personal language of digital symbols as well as one-square-inch close-ups of the most expensive painting ever sold, When Will you Marry? by Paul Gauguin. Her choice of imagery points to the way the value of specific artworks has skyrocketed while support for contemporary artists continues to diminish. The cards are affixed to an offer letter that invites viewers to apply for the Wallet:Desire Card and receive a wallet painting of their own.

This project is based in Morre's personal experience and informed by readings such as David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years, which posits that debt is the foundation of our culture.


Installation view of the Wallet:Desire Project at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 2015

Installation view of the Wallet:Desire Project at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 2015

Installation view of the Wallet:Desire Project at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 2015

Wallet:Desire: You Are Pre-Qualified, Digital print on office paper, 2015 - present. 11" x 8.5"

Wallet:Desire: Application Form (anonymized), Digital print on office paper, 2015 - present. 11" x 8.5"

Wallet:Desire Card (When Will You Marry?), Mixed media on mailer credit card, each signed by artist, 2015 - present. Image shows detail of Paul Gauguin's 1892 painting.