Crushed Kola Can
PHOTOGRAPHER: ARTHUR BELEBEAU
A red can folds in on itself around two distinct circular impressions, the crushed opening at top and a second dent lower on the body, giving the piece an almost figure-eight structure. "Solo" runs across the top in blue cursive script, with "Kola Champagne" beneath it in white, the ingredient list printed bilingually in French and English down the side.
Solo Kola Champagne is a Caribbean soft drink, and its presence here extends Belebeau's ongoing series of crushed cans further still, following the earlier moves into North Africa, Sardinia, Greece, and the Netherlands with a piece rooted in the Caribbean by way of French-language packaging.
Belebeau's high-contrast "poppy lighting" picks out the can's two hollows as matched forms, giving the crush a rhythm the flatter pieces in the series don't share.
It appeals to collectors drawn to object-as-icon photography, brand iconography from beyond the usual American and European shelf, and the way Belebeau keeps finding structural variation within a single recurring subject.
Edition of 15.
Larger exceptional formats and custom sizes available upon request at contact@theselectsgallery.com.
Product will be ready to ship in approximately 6 weeks.
We use a high quality shatter-proof acrylic glass and on the back, a hanging system makes your piece ready to hang!
Size choices refer to paper size. Image size is affected when it includes a border or no border. The wood frame is in addition. Dimension of the frames are:
- 1” Face, 2 1/4” Depth for black frames
- 1” Face, 2” Depth for White painted frames
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Shatter-Proof Acrylic Glass | ✘ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ |
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| Floating / Deep Presentation | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔︎ |