Art Blog series: Hyperrealism part 1
This is the series i will do now...hyperrealism is simply art that is extremely life like... I'm not sure how many artists I'm gonna put in here.
Mark Jenkins is an American artist known for the street installations he creates using tape. His work has been featured in many publications including Time, The Washington Post, Reuters, The Independent and on the blog Wooster Collective.
Street Installations (by Project)
Tape Men (2003--)J first street series in which casts made from his body using clear packing tape were installed in city streets.
Storker Project (2005--) Tape babies are "dropped" in various environments as part of a "species propagation movement." To date there have been over 100 babies installed.
Embed Series (2006--)In this series, Jenkins dresses his life size tape casts in clothing to create realistic sculptures which he installs in various positions in urban environments—stuck into traffic cones, trash bags, cans, etc. He documents the reaction of the people who pass by them with video.
Meterpops (2005) The Meterpop installation involved putting transparent lollipop heads onto parking meters in Washington DC on Independence Avenue.
Traffic-Go-Round (2007)The "traffic-go-round" project converted a traffic circle into a merry-go-round using horses made of tape mounted on the lampposts around the circle. The horses were faced the opposite flow of traffic to create for riders the illusion that the horses were moving past them.
Here are some pictures so enjoy!
ALL ABOVE SCULPTURES ARE BY Mark Jenkins
Next Blog..... David Kassan
DISCLAIMER: All artwork mentioned in today's blog does not belong to the writer of this blog.. They belong to the above mentioned artist and there is no intention of copyright infringement here. This is strictly for educational purposes and the artworks do not belong to the writer of this blog.
