Objects

Year: 2023

Medium: Found axe, sterling silver, natural diamonds and rubies

Dimensions: 40cm x 15cm x2cm

Exhibited: London Art Fair 2024, with Koop Projects

From 1991 to 2002, Sierra Leone endured a devastating civil war marked by brutal conflicts over diamond territories. Thousands of men and children faced mutilation with axes, preventing them from mining diamonds. This artwork is part of Lebrusan’s body of work titled “The Book of Horrors and Hopes,” serving as a diary chronicling the stories she’s encountered throughout her jewellery career and her artistic responses, aiming to somehow digest its brutality.

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He does not ask about my age when I sell the gold to him

Year: 2022

Medium: Silver, mercury, gold leaf, brass, glass & wood display

Dimensions: 20cm x 15cm x 15cm

Supported by Professor Mark P. Hector (Dean of Dentistry and Boyd Professor of Dental Surgery), School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Scotland

“Much of the mercury released into the environment is the result of small-scale and artisanal gold mining (ASGM). Mercury used in the gold separation process (known as “amalgamation”) results in the discharge of an estimated 1,000 tons of mercury annually, representing about 30% of the world’s anthropogenic mercury releases, according to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Once mercury pollution reaches waterways, it's transformed into methylmercury - one of the most toxic organic compounds and a powerful neurotoxin."

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Knife Murders 275/275. England & Wales

Year: 2021

Medium: Set of 275 rings made of metal from police-confiscated knives and other artefacts.

Exhibited: Blunt Blades, The Higgins Bedford, 2021 – 2022; London Art Fair 2024.

Knife Murders 275/275 England and Wales is a set of 275 rings made using the metal from police-confiscated knives and other artefacts. The rings represent homicides in England and Wales from April 2019 until March 2020. There are 10 small-sized rings to represent murders of children (those aged under 16 years), 50 medium-sized slender rings to represent women homicides, and 215 wide and large-sized rings to represent men homicides. Each ring is laser inscribed with the edition number AL KM20 1/275, AL KM 20 2/275, etc.

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Electric Apron

Year: 2014 – 2021

Medium: 1,200 copper components, copper cable, fused plug

Dimensions: 130cm x 50cm x 2.5cm

Exhibited: Koop Projects, 2023

Electric Apron (2014-2021) is one of a number of Lebrusan’s works exploring the domestic. The copper apron depicts a Viana’s heart (top) and 2 butcher’s knives, within each is displayed the antibiotic formulas for Laidlomycin and Tylosin, used to treat beef cattle and chicken. Traditionally, it's women who are subjected to the domestic space, and in some parts of the world, these expectations remain unbending. Creating an apron with a potentially lethal current, this work challenges the notions of the domestic, revealing the threatening aspects of a home and its relation to the food industry.

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