
Jerrycan (Water)
A standard pressed steel jerrycan, coated in utilitarian blue enamel, holds twenty litres of water sourced from Marfa, Texas — a remote desert town long associated with minimalist art and mystique. McEwen transforms this functional military object into a sculptural vessel, quietly questioning notions of value, resource, and the romanticization of place. The work's understated simplicity belies a layered conceptual charge, where the contents are as integral to the piece as the container itself.
- Medium
- Pressed steel jerrycan with blue enamel, containing 20 litres Marfa water.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection
April 18, 2017
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