Gennaro Santaniello - Pressed Taste 2 - Reclaimed Icons series

Pressed Taste II
Reclaimed Icons series
Oil on canvas, 30 × 40 cm

This original oil painting depicts a crushed Coca-Cola can, suspended against a neutral background.
Once functional, now compressed and emptied, the object becomes a quiet relic — a fragment of everyday life transformed into memory.

Part of the Reclaimed Icons series, Pressed Taste II continues my exploration of mass-produced symbols and their emotional afterlife. The familiar red surface, bent and scarred, reflects habits repeated unconsciously, gestures performed thousands of times, and the silent weight of consumption.

This is not a celebration of the product, but a pause.
A moment where branding loses its promise and becomes form, texture, and remembrance.


Signed on the back.
Certificate of authenticity included.
Carefully packed and shipped with tracking.