Untitled, 2011
250 ml empty metal can,
57 x 39 x 120 mm
Unique piece

Price upon request.

Emilio Prini (b. 1938 - d. 2016) has created two works for Due Leoni. The first, in 2011, is the result of an initial request to create an olive oil edition, which was met, over many months of negotiation, with the proposal to hammer nails into a 250 ml green metal can. The result, artistically a reference to Lucio Fontana, or Yoko Ono’s Painting to Hammer a Nail In, is of utmost beauty, but utterly unusable. It’s almost a sort of challenge to the farmer himself. At the same time, and as if to reward the patience of curator Cornelia Lauf, Prini allowed only one, precious, piece to be completed. This unique version was punctured repeatedly with hammer and nail, under the supervision of the artist.

Olive oil supplied separately.