Friday, July 9, 2010

Brian Jungen

Brian Jungen is an artist from Vancouver. I like how he uses the entire pieces taken from whole manufactured goods instead of taken parts from here and there. He uses his pieces of art to extend form and function which comment on waste, pop culture, spirituality and industrialism.



Above he's constructed what looks to be a turtle shell entirely out of green, black and blue plastic trash cans. Perhaps its emphasizing we throw too much and at the same time mocking the green movement calling it slow and perhaps Dead.






Wow this last sculpture is genius I never would have thought of combining dark age style armor with a native american twist.

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