Mini Structures: 3d X-rays of oil cans
May 20 – July 4

This collection of x-rays reveals architecture in a surprising form: oil cans used to dispense oil for sewing machines, motors, and other mechanical devices.

The simple industrial shapes, which are purpose designed, reveal both similarities and elegant variations on a theme.  They are accidental stupas, a typical Buddhist temple form found throughout  Asia.   Whitney, whose work often focuses on the “cosmology of architecture”, saw this collection of oil cans posted by an artist friend Allan Wexler on Instagram.  He borrowed this collection and, using a stereo (3d) x-ray technique, he has transformed the simple oil cans, emphasizing their architectural form.

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