Video: Transparent creatures here and there. Scotch tape and cling film by Mark Jenkins
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
American sculptor Mark Jenkins, known to us for his extraordinary street installations, which not only make passers-by smile and wonder, but also serve as a kind of attractions for guests of the city, went on the "path of creativity" with a new project of unusual sculptures. They look like they are made of glass … But in reality, they are made of scotch tape and cling film. And just like other street installations, they captivate with their suddenness and unexpectedness.
Transparent creatures, often depicting humans, but sometimes also animals or otherworldly inhabitants, Mark Jenkins "writes" from models. Models are most often volunteers who pledged to donate several hours of their lives to art, or toys or pre-prepared models, which are first carefully wrapped with cling film, then wrapped with tape, and when the "doll" is ready, the cocoon is cut into many pieces, which are then glued together. and the result is what we see in the photographs.
But the most curious thing is not the presence of such sculptures on the streets of those cities that Mark Jenkins happened to visit. It remains a mystery how he manages to hoist his transparent little people so high and so tightly, and whether the local authorities are not persecuting him for such pranks, as they once persecuted authors of graffiti and other "rock" paintings. For those who are not familiar with the author's works - his personal site.
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