Crushed Ichnusa
PHOTOGRAPHER: ARTHUR BELEBEAU
Rust spots and grime mark the surface of this crushed can, dulling the reflective aluminum in a way none of its companions in the series show. The Moor's head emblem, blindfolded and bandaged in profile, survives intact against a band of red. "1912" and fragments of "Anima Sarda" hold their place through the crumpling.
Belebeau's high-contrast "poppy lighting" usually smooths its subjects into something glossier than life. Here it does the opposite, picking out real weathering rather than manufacturing the look of it, aging the object further than the crush alone would.
The piece extends Belebeau's ongoing series of crushed cans into new territory again, this time toward Sardinia by way of Italy, and toward an object with actual history on its surface rather than the pristine sheen running through the rest of the body of work.
It appeals to collectors drawn to object-as-icon photography, patina and texture studies, and the way Belebeau keeps finding new geography and new material states for the same recurring subject.
Edition of 15.
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