stage thrift/nfts
 
Pop is dead.
— Robert Arpin, Artist

Binary limits and the aesthetics of polarity are subjects explored using the diptych.

These photographs explore communicability through what is shared, discarded and repurposed. The composition and execution unfold simultaneously in a performance that is captured and released as a non-fungible token. The resulting work is free to take root and create value or be lost forever in a bottomless digital ocean. All objects were found in a Union City thrift store between December of 2019 to March of 2020. Photographed as found during the pandemic using an i-Phone 11 MAX PRO with minimal staging and post production.

 
 

Simple Syrup

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Plastic toy lamp and small plastic figurines.

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TARGETED

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Starfish, photograph of the beach, Fire Island Pines, Long Island New York and stock graphic.

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Turning History into Ones and Zeros

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Feather duster, stainless steel kitchen knives, cocktail glass, brass mug.

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Debunked Landscape

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Polycarbonate nesting bowls, stuffed bird, photograph of Missisquoi River, Highgate Falls, Vermont.

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False Light in the Fog

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Neon fixture, wood carved cacti and photograph of Lake Champlain, Saint Albans Bay, Vermont.

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Swipe the Current

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Charging cables from 2009-2020, vintage steel bookends.

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Always Hungry

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Wood carved zoo animals and steel nut cracker.

 

 
 
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Decommissioned Hero III

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Photograph taken as found of thrift store shelf.

 
 
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Save the Hurt, Spend the Hurt

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Cast iron piggy bank with coins.

 
 
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Sun Block

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Vintage Canadian hardwood carved figurine, painted steel ornament and electrical tape.

 
 
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False Advertising

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Porcelain, ceramic, lead crystal tableware paired with text.

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Fake Whole

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Vintage porcelain figurines, vintage Italian picture frame, 11.5 x 8 printed stock rendering.

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Sold as Is

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Vintage steel piggybanks photographed as found.

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Decommissioned Hero

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Plastic horse figurine, steel desk top letter holder.

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Going Down

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Painted wood, broken ceramic shoe, vector image and photograph of Broadway, NYC.

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Stuck Inside

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Picture frame and photograph of Pennsylvania ranch.

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None of This is Fake

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Plastic bottle, acrylic picture frame and ketchup.

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Captured Icon II

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Belgian crystal, carved Buddha, framed photograph of downtown Manhattan, rubber coated steel letter holder.

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Captured Icon

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Glow in the dark crucifix, LED lightbulb.

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“Rather than an act of disrespect, this work points to the commoditization of spirituality.” -Robert Arpin

 
 
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Open Windows

Robert Arpin, 2020

Spanish porcelain oil and vinegar set, wood block print, photograph of Weehawken, New Jersey sky.

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False Start

Robert Arpin, 2020

Vintage cologne bottle, 11.5 x 8 stock image print.

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Containment

Robert Arpin, 2020

Wood toy sign, carved coal figurine, steel and plastic mop holders, Washington DC snow-globe.

 

 
 
 
Themes of redemption and dissolution clash in the space created between what is real and what is not.
— Robert Arpin, Artist
 
 
 
 
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Eternal Duck

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Vintage ceramic duck paired with a photo of Lake Champlain.

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Swan Rising

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Tarnished silver plated swan ornament.

 

 

 
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Out on Your Ear (Appearance of Struggle)

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Ceramic pig, photograph of Midtown Manhattan

 

 
 
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Swan Patrol

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Porcelain swan, photograph of Lake Champlain taken one mile before the Canadian border in Highgate Springs, Vermont.

“Due to my lack of boundaries as a young adult the physical legal boundary that cut my world in half was always a source of anxiety.”

-Robert Arpin

 

 

 
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A Series of Adjustments

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Vintage 1970’s French porcelain bowls, lit votive candle in steel holder, stock vector art.

 

 
 
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Hands On

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Stock vector image, vintage steel bookends.

 

 
 

Put Your Hands Together

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Text, stock image, vintage steel bookends.

 

 
 
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Beware Nothing

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Vintage candy bowl, antique cobalt blue glass filter, vectors and text.

 

 

 
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In the Vortex

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Vintage porcelain figurine, clear glass bowl, antique cobalt glass light filter.

 

 

 
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Captured Flight

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Brass bookends, vintage 1970’s porcelain bowls, stock image, text.

 

 

 
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Middle Man

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Obsidian figurine paired with a photo of Lake Champlain, Alburgh, Vermont.

"I was raised on Lake Champlain in the middle of a bird sanctuary spanning two nations. The middle has always been my safe place.”

-Robert Arpin

 

 
 
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A Fire in the Whole

Robert Arpin, 2021

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Text, stock image and photograph of Lake Champlain, Saint Albans Bay, Vermont.

 

 
 

 

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Cornered Narrative

Robert Arpin, 2020

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Plastic bottle, ketchup, acrylic photo frame, obsolete charging cables, steel bookends, stock vector image.

"Executed at the beginning of the 2020 lock-down this work was propelled by the visceral experience of having nowhere to run."

Robert Arpin