Video: Street installations by Mark Jenkins
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Mark Jenkins is an American artist widely known for his street installations, sometimes absurd, sometimes witty and provocative. For many years in a row, resourceful Mark Jenkins has dotted the streets of different cities with provocative sculptures that make the lives of residents more diverse.
Serbia, France, USA, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Great Britain, Brazil - this is just a small list of countries where street installations by Mark Jenkins appeared, surprising, amusing or shocking passers-by who were lucky enough to pass by at that moment.
One of the series of sculptural works depicts vagabonds, or beggars, who are sitting, standing, leaning against the wall, or lying like dead in the middle of the street; the master also has sculptures of children and animals, also in an extraordinary setting.
Publications about the work of artist Mark Jenkins have appeared in various publications, including Time, The Washington Post, Reuters, The Independent. His sculptures have also been shown in galleries in the United States, Europe, Japan and Brazil.
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