Ua hauj lwm hauv qhov loj me tsis muaj dab tsi tshiab rau hlau sculptor Joseph Gagnepain, dyed-in-the-wool artist uas tau mus kawm Chicago Academy rau Arts thiab Minneapolis College of Art thiab Tsim. Nws pom ib lub niche hauv kev ua haujlwm nrog cov khoom pom thaum nws sib sau ua duab puab yuav luag tag nrho los ntawm cov tsheb kauj vab cam khwb cia, thiab txij li thaum ntawd nws tau ceg tawm los koom nrog txhua yam ntawm cov khoom pom, yuav luag ib txwm ua haujlwm ntawm qhov loj.Cov duab muab los ntawm Joseph Gagnepain

Ntau tus neeg uas sim lawv txhais tes ntawm cov duab puab hlau yog cov neeg tsim khoom uas paub me ntsis txog kev kos duab. Txawm hais tias lawv txuas los ntawm kev ua haujlwm lossis kev nyiam ua haujlwm, lawv tsim qhov khaus los ua ib yam dab tsi uas muaj tswv yim, siv cov txuj ci uas tau txais los ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab lub sijhawm dawb hauv tsev kom nrhiav tau tus kws kos duab.

Thiab ces muaj lwm yam. Ib yam li Joseph Gagnepain. Ib tug kws kos duab dyed-in-the-wool, nws tau mus kawm high school hauv Chicago Academy for the Arts thiab kawm hauv Minneapolis College of Art thiab Design. Ua haujlwm tau zoo hauv ntau qhov kev tshaj tawm, nws yog tus kws kos duab puv sijhawm uas pleev xim rau cov duab kos rau pej xeem thiab cov khoom ntiag tug; tsim sculptures los ntawm dej khov, daus, thiab xuab zeb; ua cov cim kev lag luam; thiab muag cov duab qub thiab luam tawm ntawm nws lub vev xaib.

Thiab, nws tsis muaj qhov tsis txaus ntawm kev tshoov siab los ntawm ntau yam khoom pov tseg uas yooj yim nrhiav tau hauv peb lub zej zog pov tseg.

Nrhiav Lub Hom Phiaj hauv Repurposing Hlau

Thaum Gagnepain ntsia lub tsheb kauj vab uas muab pov tseg, nws tsis yog pom cov khib nyiab xwb, nws pom muaj cib fim. Cov tsheb kauj vab - lub thav duab, sprockets, lub log - qiv lawv tus kheej mus rau cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws, zoo li tsiaj sculptures uas ua ib feem ntawm nws repertoire. Lub angular duab ntawm lub tsheb kauj vab thav duab zoo ib yam li hma liab pob ntseg, cov reflectors yog reminiscent ntawm tus tsiaj lub qhov muag, thiab ntau qhov ntau thiab tsawg ntawm rims siv tau nyob rau hauv ib tug series los tsim lub bushy zoo ntawm ib tug hma liab tus Tsov tus tw.

"Gears hais txog cov pob qij txha," Gagnepain hais. “Lawv ua rau kuv nco txog lub xub pwg nyom thiab lub luj tshib. Cov khoom yog biomechanical, zoo li cov khoom siv hauv steampunk style, "nws hais.

Lub tswv yim pib thaum muaj kev tshwm sim hauv Geneva, Ill., ib qho uas txhawb kev caij tsheb kauj vab thoob plaws hauv plawv nroog. Gagnepain, uas tau raug caw los ua ib qho ntawm ntau tus kws kos duab tshwj xeeb rau qhov kev tshwm sim, tau txais lub tswv yim los ntawm nws tus kwv tij los siv cov khoom los ntawm cov tsheb kauj vab uas raug kaw los ntawm tub ceev xwm hauv zos los tsim cov duab puab.

“Peb muab cov tsheb kauj vab sib nrug ntawm nws txoj kev tsav tsheb thiab peb tau tsim cov duab puab hauv lub chaw nres tsheb. Kuv muaj peb lossis plaub tus phooj ywg tuaj thiab pab, yog li nws yog qhov kev lom zem, kev koom tes, "Gagnepain hais.

Zoo li ntau cov duab nto moo, qhov ntsuas ntawm Gagnepain ua haujlwm tuaj yeem dag. Lub ntiaj teb nto moo tshaj plaws painting, "Mona Lisa," ntsuas tsuas yog 30 nyob rau hauv. siab los ntawm 21 nyob rau hauv. wide, thaum Pablo Picasso lub mural "Guernica" yog loj, ntau tshaj 25 ft. ntev thiab ze li ntawm 12 ft. siab. Kos rau murals nws tus kheej, Gagnepain nyiam ua hauj lwm rau ib tug loj teev.

Ib kab uas zoo li ib tug thov Vajtswv mantis sawv ze li 6 ft siab. Ib tug txiv neej caij tsheb kauj vab, ib tug uas harks rov qab mus rau lub sij hawm ntawm lub nyiaj so koobtsheej caij tsheb kauj vab ntawm ib puas xyoo dhau los, yuav luag lub neej. Ib tug ntawm nws hma liab yog loj heev uas ib nrab ntawm ib tug neeg laus lub tsheb kauj vab ncej tsim ib pob ntseg, thiab ob peb lub log uas tsim tus Tsov tus tw kuj yog los ntawm cov neeg laus tsheb kauj vab. Xav txog tias tus hma liab qhov nruab nrab yog li 17 in. ntawm lub xub pwg nyom, lub nplai yog epic.

Joseph Gagnepain ua haujlwm ntawm nws cov duab puab Valkyrie hauv 2021.

Khiav hlaws dai

Kev kawm vuam tsis tuaj sai. Nws raug rub mus rau hauv nws, me ntsis.

Nws tau hais tias "Raws li kuv tau thov kom ua ib feem ntawm qhov kev ncaj ncees kos duab lossis kev ncaj ncees, kuv tau pib vuam ntau dua," nws hais. Nws tsis tuaj yooj yim, thiab. Thaum xub thawj nws paub yuav ua li cas tack pieces ua ke siv GMAW, tab sis khiav ib tug hlaws yog nyuaj dua.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv nco qab hla hla thiab tau txais cov hlau nplaum ntawm qhov chaw yam tsis tau nkag mus lossis tau txais cov hlaws zoo," nws hais. “Kuv tsis tau xyaum ua cov hlaws dai, kuv tsuas yog sim ua cov duab puab thiab vuam kom pom tias nws yuav lo ua ke.

Tshaj dhau lub voj voog

Tsis yog txhua yam ntawm Gagnepain cov duab puab yog ua los ntawm cov tsheb kauj vab. Nws scrounges hauv scrapyards, rummages los ntawm cov thoob khib nyiab, thiab tso siab rau hlau pub dawb rau cov khoom nws xav tau. Feem ntau, nws tsis nyiam hloov cov duab qub ntawm cov khoom pom ntau dhau.

"Kuv nyiam txoj kev uas cov khoom zoo li, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov khoom ntawm ib sab ntawm txoj kev uas muaj qhov kev tsim txom, rusted saib. Nws zoo li ntau cov organic rau kuv. "

Ua raws li Joseph Gagnepain txoj haujlwm ntawm Instagram.