Crushed Red Can
PHOTOGRAPHER: ARTHUR BELEBEAU
Beads of condensation cling to a crushed red can, its pull tab wrenched open and its barcode strip torn loose, curling away from the body.
Belebeau brings the same high-definition, high-contrast "poppy lighting" he uses in his portrait work to this study of an object in its last moments of use. The wet surface catches and scatters light across every dent and fold, turning a piece of trash bound for the recycling bin into something closer to a still life. It is a small meditation on consumption: the can already emptied, already crushed, rendered here with more care than it ever received when full.
The piece continues Belebeau's ongoing series of crushed cans, in which he treats consumer packaging as a recurring subject for studying color, texture, and the afterlife of consumer culture.
It appeals to collectors drawn to object-as-icon photography, pop-inflected still life, and images that find sculptural presence in the disposable.
Edition of 15.
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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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