All Gone (Empty Blister Packs)

Brass

31 x 31 cm

 

Royal Academy of Arts, 2024

 

The physical and metaphorical weight of brass in All Gone (Empty Blister Packs) gives dignity to empty blister packs. The fact that blister packs are, comparatively speaking, weightless makes this particular transformation seem very philosophical. One's hands experience value, the eye sees trash. The mixed message cannot be reconciled except, perhaps, by aesthetic deliberation.