Frank Yamrus
Untitled (Alaya)
2008

Name: Untitled (Alaya)
Brand: Frank Yamrus
Price: 1800 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Digital C-print (Edition of 11) Signed, dated, and numbered, verso From the series, "Rune Lagu" This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. In this series of topological photographs, plastic bottles that house our drinking water come under the camera’s lens. With over 3,000 brands of bottled water worldwide, Americans are the industry's leading consumers, at 32 billion liters per year. The bottled water industry has grown significantly over the past 30 years by turning a simple indulgence into our “sexy and cool” daily companion. Considering there is no evidence that bottled water is healthier than tap; that it takes 17 million barrels of oil to produce the number of plastic water bottles used yearly in the U.S.; that 86% of plastic bottles become garbage or litter; and that bottled water may cost up to 10,000 times more than tap water; the industry's success seems illogical and unlikely. Perhaps a new awareness will push the bottled water industry to the epidemiological tipping point? Frank Yamrus has been exhibiting his work internationally for over twenty years, with his photographs represented in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; and the Denver Art Museum; among others.

Creator:

Frank Yamrus (1958, American)

Creation Year:

2008

Dimensions:

Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)

Medium:

C Print

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

2000-2009