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"Relics" by Cody Hamilton: Classical Grecian 80's Retro

By Sam Dunne - November 11, 2010

in Object Culture

Back in August, as you may recall, many an aesthete's fantasies were shattered by the news that Grecian statues, the beacons of elegance and sophistication that we so love and cherish, were in fact, originally, quite a romp of multicoloured kitsch (on Core77 here).

Talented Texan photographer Cody Hamilton, inspired by this finding, has created a deliciously anachronistic collection entitled "Relics" in which a whole host of 80's retro classics ranging from the Atari to the VHS tape—objects of perhaps the most gaudy of artistic eras—are given a minimalistic coat of marble white.

He might well be on to something with that monochrome Rubik's cube.

More "Relics" and a lot of impressive work on Cody's homepage.

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Cody Hamilton

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All the objects in the series are the real thing. I did not find them at Toys-R-Us, they don't readily carry ghettoblasers and motorola brick cell phones. All of the items do still work, except the sunglasses I guess. IN fact I use the ghettoblaster everyday with my iPad hooked up to it to blast out music while I work.

Thanks core77 for posting these!
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Sam

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Just a can of white paint, i do believe...
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benxamin

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Looks like he went to Toys-R-Us and gessoed everything.
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Emma

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What's the material? Do you know the mode of prodution? (Mold, CNC, 3D printer...?)
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