For this show, Joey Cobcobo’s work delves around the concept of copies, or perhaps imitations. In this piece of art he shows the concept of fakes through a counterfeit medicine box that instead of tablets is filled with hooks, corkscrews, and a mirror in the middle.
According to the artist, the mirror as presented here is a symbol of copying, since it ability to reflect the object that it sees is often used as a figurative approach in the artificial production of copies, be it medicine capsules, works of literature, or even artworks.
When asked regarding the cross carved on the medicine cabinet, Joey answers:“I cross it out so they cannot print it originally, sinisira nalang minsan ginagamit ko pa.”
