Sébastien Bonin, La monnaie (allobroges), 2025, oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm. La monnaie (allobroges) is an oil painting in a range of browns.

La monnaie (allobroges), 2025
oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm

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Property
is theft, one said —
the coin wears thin

La monnaie (allobroges) is an oil painting in a range of browns. It enlarges the relief of an ancient coin: a profile and scrolls become an almost abstract image.

A coin is by definition a repeated object, struck in series and passed from hand to hand. Sébastien Bonin turns it into an image of the memory of a territory and of the circulation of forms through time.