Decoration of the Rim 1
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1995-1996
Irregular-shaped bronze medal in the form of a crushed metal drink can. In this contemporary work the artist challenges and explores the traditional form of the commemorative medal.
She has created this medal out of the image of that most ordinary of 'found' objects - a crushed Coca-Cola can. She manipulates the accepted terms that define a medal: the front, back and rim, creating them out of the crushed elements of the can. By casting the work in bronze, polishing and patinating it, she transforms something normally discarded by society into a work of art.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 10 cm irregular; Width 10 cm irregular; Thickness 3 cm irregular
- Materials and techniques
- Bronze, cast
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Great Britain
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O130075
- Museum object number
- A.16-2006
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type and source attribution against specialist references.