Time Equities Inc. Art-in-Buildings is pleased to announce the newest exhibition at the West 10th Window: David Baskin, Limited Edition.
Limited Edition is the latest iteration of David Baskin's Vanitas Project, a series that uses art historical models to address contemporary consumerism. Taking its name from the 17th century Dutch painting style, which traditionally presented still lifes laden with symbolic imagery alluding to death, Baskin's modernized vanitas transmutes the painted still life into three dimensional, chrome sculptures. In contrast to the austerity of the Dutch vanitas, Baskin composed his modernized construction of primarily kitsch or ersatz chrome products that are ubiquitous in the retail landscape. The found objects in Limited Edition, for example, include a chrome toy car, trumpet, fake grenade, dolphin corkscrew, and figurine of a pig with wings. Placed within the confines of the West 10th Window, Limited Edition transforms the space into a vitrine, interpretable as either a shop store window or a museum display case. Baskin's installation plays on the idea of artwork as a luxury item. The vitrine serves to advertise the work within as a "limited edition" item available only to a select few, heightening the intrinsic value of the object.
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