Latitude IV

Latitude is an exact measure, a distance from the equator north or south. But latitude also means freedom, scope to act or think. Montoya hand-slices and bends paper currency—the ultimate mass produced print—into rows that repeat vignettes of iconic heroes, architecture, pastimes, and places from around the globe. Their uniformity insists on the power of circulated images, labor, and capital to engrave ideals into national consciousness. While colors evoke the tropical island horizons the artist enjoyed growing up, the image remains an abstraction of our global times, simultaneously place-filled but placeless.