Video: Social Sculptures by Mark Jenkins
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Sculptures by the American artist Mark Jenkins seemed to burst onto the streets of cities to remind us that besides our own concerns, there are more important social problems. Some of them are shocking and unpleasant, others are quite mundane. But each sculpture is a phrase from the message that the artist addressed to us, in the hope that we will figure out its meaning.
Mark exhibits in galleries and museums, but he is best known for his street sculptures and installations. Despite the risks of the illegality of street art, the artist believes that the street is an attractive space in which illegal street art and legitimate brand advertising are present and mixed. This is a place where there is an active struggle for the attention and minds of the townspeople.
Mark goes outside to engage in dialogue with people. The reaction of passers-by is ambiguous, many pass by. It is possible that discomfort in front of the incomprehensible and unpleasant is stronger than sympathy and curiosity.
The artist easily plays with concepts such as space, time, action and logic. In his works that are realistic in execution and form, there are usually only a couple of strokes that stand out from the usual perception. There is nothing unusual in a serenely sleeping person, only he sleeps during the day and on the roadway. Another example - Mark placed such festive symbols as balloons in such a Gothic sculpture of the fallen under the bridge. But it is precisely these inconsistencies and inconsistencies that make these sculptures so expressive.
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