Amsterdam Double Chambered Vessel, 2013.
Slip-cast pre-Columbian imitation vessel, Amsterdam tourist shirt.
18 x 11 x 17 in / 46 x 28 x 43 cm.
Slip-casted terracotta objects with emblematic South American forms are often sold to tourists in souvenir shops around the subcontinent. The enveloped object was purchased in a souvenir shop in Medellin and covered with a tourist t-shirt from Amsterdam. The result is the distortion of two commercial representations of culture.