Sledgehammer Head

2017
Dufala Brothers

Object Details

TITLE:
Sledgehammer Head
DATE:
2017
MEDIUM:
Anthracite coal
DIMENSIONS:
3 x 7 x 3 in.
CREDIT LINE:
Gift of Elie-Anne and J. Rudy Lewis, 2017

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Description

The Dufala Brothers’ often address consumption and sustainability in their work. Their sledgehammer head is a carved piece of anthracite coal, a tribute to their father, who worked in the coal mining industry, earning a living using hammers shaped like this. Although anthracite is one of the hardest types of coal, this sculpted object is effectively useless as a hammer because it is too fragile to strike any hard surface.

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