A museum employee throws two crushed cans into the trash: they were a work of art

An elevator technician at the LAM museum in Holland did what any good worker would do… and ended up throwing away a work on displaybecause for him they were only… two empty beer cans lying on the floorwhich some rude person had left there.

The hardworking worker has not received any reproaches, nor has he been fired. In the eyes of anyone who is not a lover of contemporary art…Those cans were meant to be thrown away…

He LAM museum It is characterized by its “uncommon” exhibitions, where works of art are not only displayed on walls or in showcases, but literally… anywhere. Including the ground.

When trash can be art

According to the museum’s head of communications, Froukje, in LAM websitean elevator technician had finished his work day, so he was preparing to go home, when something caught his attention.

There were two empty, crushed cans on the floor.which you can see in the opening photo of the news. He thought some museum worker had left them there, so he picked them up and threw them in the trash.

Before leaving, the museum’s curator, Elisah van den Bergh, reviewed the collection, as she always did, and discovered that one of the works in the collection was missing. All the good times we had togetherby the French artist Alexandre Lavet.

Desperate, she started searching around… and found the cans in a closed garbage bag, ready to throw into the container.

Fortunately they were not damaged, so a little cleaning was enough to return them to their place in the exhibition.

The collection All the good times we had together is made up of different groups of empty and crushed cans, hand painted by the artist Alexandre Lavetwhich were displayed on the floor, or lying on seats, or on a table:

As can be seen in the photo, no one has been able to reproach the operator, who did not know about the exhibition, for his “mistake” of confusing a work of art with garbage lying on the ground…

This is what the artist says Alexandre Lavet about his collection, in your website: “These works are a tribute to the streets of Brussels, artists’ studios, friends’ flats, parties, exhibition openings in galleries and spaces managed by artists, and to this common and familiar object that brings together people and friends “.

He continues: “The colored cans stand out under the light, while the black and white ones seem to have lost their colors in shadow areas.”

Centuries ago, it was easy to distinguish a work of art. Contemporary art makes it more difficult for those who do not understand. This employee mistook some crushed beer cans for garbage because they were exposed on the floor. Who can blame him?

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