MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Vuilnisbak, 1995

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, ‘Vuilnisbak’, 1995
65 x Ø 35 cm
zinc dustbin, gold leaf, varnish
signed, dated, numbered
edition 20
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam        

‘We use a dustbin every day and half our lives end up in it.’ Based on this idea, the artist felt it was time to place the dustbins on a pedestal by providing them with a layer of gold leaf.