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Valentin Carron — Piston
Valentin Carron

Piston

Valentin Carron's *Piston* exemplifies the Swiss artist's characteristic engagement with the aesthetics of regional vernacular culture and the slippage between authenticity and reproduction. The work plays with familiar forms and symbols, subtly destabilizing their assumed meanings through precise replication and displacement. Carron's deadpan approach invites the viewer to question the origins and cultural weight embedded in everyday objects and imagery.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 16, 2014

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Valentin Carron, Piston

Valentin Carron's *Piston* exemplifies the Swiss artist's characteristic engagement with the aesthetics of regional vernacular culture and the slippage between authenticity and reproduction. The work plays with familiar forms and symbols, subtly destabilizing their assumed meanings through precise replication and displacement. Carron's deadpan approach invites the viewer to question the origins and cultural weight embedded in everyday objects and imagery.

Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Industrial, Geometric, Mechanical, Bold, Metal, 3D, Modernist, Sculpture, Swiss, Contemporary

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