TIME COLLECTION – SERIES III – The Fracture of Duration – PIECE 6 When Past and Present Touch
Artist pin (medal-object), applied arts – jewellery design
2010–2011, Florence, Italy
Author: Milan Stamenovic
Handmade, unique piece (one of a kind)
Materials:
Antique pocket watch case and porcelain quadrant, oxidized tin, plexiglas, semi-precious stone (agate), lizard leather as backing
Provenance / status:
Availability or acquisition inquiries upon request
This pin stages a collision. Distinct temporal elements meet, overlap, and cling to one another. The result is neither past nor present, but an unstable coexistence.
It embodies the Proustian moment when memory invades the present without invitation.