Video: Sculptural landscapes by Peter Root
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
“The art that I create is the result of experiment and play. These experiments include bright and flashy drawings, ephemeral and architectural installations”- this is how the English artist Peter Root characterizes his work.
Peter Root has always been interested in architecture, and he applied its elements in all of his works. The London-based artist creates sculptural landscapes using a wide variety of materials, including even ordinary potatoes.
Ruth chose the potato as a building material, as its properties allow the construction of complex structures. The starchy substance acts as a glue that holds the potatoes together, preventing the sculptures from falling apart. Over time, the potatoes dry out, harden, even mold, changing their color and shape, which gives the installation a completely different look.
Peter Ruth also creates landscape installations from soap bars with the scent of almonds.
There is also a sculptural work in the artist's collection, made of thousands of transformer plates that are bent, folded, cut to create architectural formations. This metallic landscape was on display in one of London's art galleries.
"Low-Rise" is a seemingly fragile construction of thousands of balancing staple brackets, from which a real metropolis is formed.
More details about the creativity and works of the artist Peter Root can be found on the website.
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