Object, 19.5 x Ø 10.5 cm, 23 x Ø 14.7 cm.
©SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź
Collection: Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź.
The glass apothecary flask in Mirror Piece has been coated in layers of silver, copper and brown paint, with only a small area left unpainted. This lets the viewers look inside and see an iodine crystal. The flask is housed in a cylindrical cardboard box, on which a diagram is printed. All elements combine to comment on the flask’s significance as a metaphor (mirror) of the human mind.
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