Presenting, pictorially framed, another example of aluminium can 'roadkill' subject/object matter as found immediately besides a section of the local 'double black lines' road markings, which here, in terms of additional compositional & incidental detail, feature extensive evidence of what, 'archaeologically', lies beneath the significantly eroded surface, in the form of the original yellow lines applied upon the tarmac base (itself the crust of the road's & earth's strata of construction) of the 'painting', which of course disrupts the 'allover' monochrome of the picture plane, subtly modulated in tone & hue in the differences between tarmac & painted lines: the yellow band indeed forms a significant & striking compositional element in this particular picture, extending as it does more than half way across the surface, a noteworthy addition to the ongoing genre & oeuvre as it continues to develop...
One might note, also, the familiarity of the flattened object's branded identity, instantly recognizable even its compromised form...
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