Week 4 Visual Description

  

Alexis Peskine, French, “Aljana Moons 3,” 2015. Color archival ink photograph on Hahnemüle paper.



Aljana Moons 3, Alexis Peskine 2015 depicts two boys sat at the beach with the waves behind them. Both are dressed in astronaut-esque attire using tomato tin cans of the brand “Dieg Bou Diar”, a tomato paste brand that is commonly used in Francophone West African, especially Senegal. This particular print from the packaging has been used across other art works including in a necklace made by Senegalese Moussa Thiam with Dutch Mieke Groot and Edwin Dieperink called Dieg Bou Diar 1 2006 and on a Metal Case that was auctioned online in 2022. The central older boy stares directly at the camera with a collected assertiveness, whilst the younger is positioned on the diagonal, sat looking at the older boy with a same collected astute gaze. 

 

Dieg Bou Diar 1 (no date) Smithsonian Learning Lab. Available at: https://prod.learninglab.si.edu/resources/view/2508711#more-info (Accessed: 29 September 2024). 

Old folk art african dieg bou diar tomato metal case (no date) LiveAuctioneers. Available at: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/125564755_old-folk-art-african-dieg-bou-diar-tomato-metal-case (Accessed: 29 September 2024). 

Alexis Peskine (no date) OCTOBER GALLERY | ALEXIS PESKINE | ART | BIOGRAPHY | ART FOR SALE. Available at: https://octobergallery.co.uk/artists/peskine (Accessed: 29 September 2024). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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