Creepy Cool Street Texture
March 23, 2018
Inspirational Art
This surprising piece here was part of a street art exhibition from the curious mind of Cityzenkane. I am used to seeing very colorful and shiny work from him, some of which you can still see in parts of this street installation, but the predominantly black forms make the texture and shapes far more important and impressive when the shimmer and color are not distracting from his sculptural work.
I feel like Cityzenkane worked primarily with polymer in the beginning but then turned to other clays and resins that can be worked in larger forms, creating molds of his polymer sculptures in order to realize his amazing Giger-esque outdoor compositions. I could be wrong and these polymer-to-cast pieces could be what he has done all along. Either way, his uncured sculptures, ruined once cast, start with polymer and eventually work their way out into the streets of urban areas, mostly in the UK and Europe.
It’s really hard to show what this is like in one image so I encourage you to take a look at the YouTube video he has about his process and the event. You can also take a closer look at his range of work on Instagram and this website, and his progress through time on Flickr.
Reflective Overload
February 21, 2013
Inspirational Art
I wanted to get some sculpture in on the blog this week although what I found myself fascinated by was a bit unexpected. I couldn’t pass up sharing this if for no other reason than to bring something bright and shiny to all you who are getting through some gray wintry weather today.
One does needs to be careful when using a lot of glitz and shimmer but then again, if you are going to use a lot, don’t do it halfway. CityZenKane really does push the glitz on this large wall sculpture. There is no indication of exactly how large this is but looking at videos of other pieces being built, I’m thinking it’s more than a foot long. That’s a lot of reflective surface.
This sculpture is a mixed medium piece using nearly every sparkly, metallic and color saturated material that will reflect light. Besides polymer, the list found on the Flickr post says it includes “dichroic glass, Swarovski crystals, glitter, Metal leaf, holographic glitter. Most sculptures, fluoresce in UV light and glow in the dark. They sparkle in the sun and under a hard light source.”
What do you think? Is it too much? Or do you enjoy the eye candy (emphasis on the candy metaphor)? There certainly is a lot to investigate and I admire the fearlessness of CityZenKane’s going into reflective overload. This artist has quite the imagination. Want to see more? Check out the videos on the YouTube page. It’s pretty interesting and definitely different.
This surprising piece here was part of a street art exhibition from the curious mind of Cityzenkane. I am used to seeing very colorful and shiny work from him, some of which you can still see in parts of this street installation, but the predominantly black forms make the texture and shapes far more important and impressive when the shimmer and color are not distracting from his sculptural work.
I feel like Cityzenkane worked primarily with polymer in the beginning but then turned to other clays and resins that can be worked in larger forms, creating molds of his polymer sculptures in order to realize his amazing Giger-esque outdoor compositions. I could be wrong and these polymer-to-cast pieces could be what he has done all along. Either way, his uncured sculptures, ruined once cast, start with polymer and eventually work their way out into the streets of urban areas, mostly in the UK and Europe.
It’s really hard to show what this is like in one image so I encourage you to take a look at the YouTube video he has about his process and the event. You can also take a closer look at his range of work on Instagram and this website, and his progress through time on Flickr.
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I wanted to get some sculpture in on the blog this week although what I found myself fascinated by was a bit unexpected. I couldn’t pass up sharing this if for no other reason than to bring something bright and shiny to all you who are getting through some gray wintry weather today.
One does needs to be careful when using a lot of glitz and shimmer but then again, if you are going to use a lot, don’t do it halfway. CityZenKane really does push the glitz on this large wall sculpture. There is no indication of exactly how large this is but looking at videos of other pieces being built, I’m thinking it’s more than a foot long. That’s a lot of reflective surface.
This sculpture is a mixed medium piece using nearly every sparkly, metallic and color saturated material that will reflect light. Besides polymer, the list found on the Flickr post says it includes “dichroic glass, Swarovski crystals, glitter, Metal leaf, holographic glitter. Most sculptures, fluoresce in UV light and glow in the dark. They sparkle in the sun and under a hard light source.”
What do you think? Is it too much? Or do you enjoy the eye candy (emphasis on the candy metaphor)? There certainly is a lot to investigate and I admire the fearlessness of CityZenKane’s going into reflective overload. This artist has quite the imagination. Want to see more? Check out the videos on the YouTube page. It’s pretty interesting and definitely different.
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