Smoking in the Bathtub, 2012
acrylic on canvas, brass frame
Smoking at the Beach, 2012
acrylic on canvas, brass frame
Smoking by the Pool, 2012
acrylic on canvas, brass frame
Lamp I, Lamp II, 2012
brass, birch tar oil
Birch tar oil is used in perfumery to produce a rich, smokey smell though in high concentrations it is unpleasant and evokes burnt motor oil. At one point it was used to tan leather in Russia, making it indispensable in leather-based scents like Chanel’s classic Cuir de Russie.
Birch tar (the precursor to birch tar oil in the dry distillation process) is one of the first known man-made adhesives.
Show at Rodolphe Janssen, 2013
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