Video: Art objects from used cartridges and bullets from Linton Meagher
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The anti-war slogan "Make love, not war", first sounded in one of John Lennon's songs and timed to coincide with the US-Vietnam War, has long become a familiar appeal for love, peace and tranquility. Australian artist Linton meagher he interpreted the possibility of “making love, not war” in his own way: from empty cartridges he creates wonderful sculptures, which, fortunately, have nothing to do with war.
The use of weapons for the benefit of the arts is nothing new. On our website Kultorologiya. Ru we have already talked about the use of used bullets by designers: they create jewelry and all kinds of military devices for peaceful purposes. Linton Meagher creates sophisticated images of birds and animals, laying out the shells for this, like a multi-colored mosaic, in special acrylic molds.
The artist is mainly interested in the process of transforming a mass product into an individually author's work of art. Linton Meagher's works combine the cold, austere beauty of metallic elements with elegance of form. So, in his opinion, there is a continuous process of birth of pseudo-beauty in the world, because behind the spectacular shell, the viewer does not always distinguish the true essence of the object. So the powerful of this world manipulate our consciousness, imposing certain ideals on us.
Linton Meagher adds: “Individually, each bullet will not get our attention, but when there are thousands of them, and they all sparkle, it all looks very beautiful. Consequently, we begin to perceive weapons differently, we consider it as an art object, in fact, the same thing happens in the process of romanticizing weapons by modern pop culture."
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