These images are from an exhibition by an artist called Jean Luc Cornec, who has used old telephones to create sheep-like forms. In essence he has achieved the same thing that surrealists such as Marcel Duchamp strived towards, in that he has taken an ordinary item and changed its meaning. Much like Duchamp's "the Fountain" (i,e, the urinal turned round to become a fountain), these are no longer telephones - they are sheep. This is also an interesting art form in such an environmentally concerned age since Cornec has created his art from entirely recycled materials. He has taken an apparently useless consumer item and given it a new purpose, thus encouraging others to shift their perspective of what an item is and discover what else a redundant product could potentially be used for.
The sheep can be seen at the The Museum für Kommunikation, which exhibits the history of communications equipment.
1 comment:
These are really interesting! strangley life like to which you wouldnt expect, considering what the sculptures are made out of.
Id definetly like to take a look at more of Cornec's work...
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