Adam McEwen
Chocolate Bar
Edition of 45
Graphite
1.4 x 10.2 x 18.6 cm (0.54 x 4 x 7.3 in)
Accompanied by a numbered certificate signed by the artist
£3,720.00
Adam McEwen has been making sculptures out of graphite since 2009. He selects unassuming, almost banal objects which he transforms, like a Graphite King Midas, from their natural state into the softly lustrous dove grey industrial material. Yoga mats, water fountains, ATMs, mirrors and lightbulbs have all been turned to graphite under his fingertips, but the selection of a chocolate bar for his Counter Editions multiple is a curiously apt choice of subject matter. In this case the graphite behaves not entirely unlike an actual chocolate bar would: its surface is seductive and invites a human touch, but leaves behind a tell-tale smear on any surface - tables, plinths, and guilty fingers. Chunky and oddly inviting, McEwen's 'Chocolate Bar' is undeniably an item to be coveted and enjoyed with gleeful indulgence.
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