{"product_id":"vanitas-people-will-pay-anyway","title":"Vanitas: people will pay anyway","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Chen \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanitas: people will pay anyway \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBronze on butter\u003cbr\u003e30 x 30 x 30 cm\u003cbr\u003e$3000\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the vanitas works it echoes, this skull is not about the passage of time. Butter, a domestic staple, has become a luxury in Aotearoa New Zealand, priced for global markets by an industry that has always taken more than it was given. The bronze casting makes that permanent: a perishable necessity, fixed forever, useless as food. The gallery shelf elevates the symbolic value of what a supermarket has already made political. Nothing about the work is neutral, including the viewer. The price stays the same. The skull keeps melting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping is not included in the online artwork purchase price.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtworks currently on exhibition can be collected from the gallery at 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 once the exhibition has concluded. Collection is available during gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday, 12–7pm, and Saturday, 12–4pm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are unable to collect your purchase in person, fortyfivedownstairs can arrange a shipping quote. Please contact us at gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com to discuss available options.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Chen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46712902615212,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/4079\/3516\/files\/Patrick_Chen.jpg?v=1783052911","url":"https:\/\/gallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com\/products\/vanitas-people-will-pay-anyway","provider":"fortyfivedownstairs gallery shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}