The amazing card board sculptures of Chris Gilmour

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jun 12 2008 Published in: Art

Chris Gilmour cardboard-car

British born Sculptor Chris Gilmour, 35, makes everyday objects using only cardboard and glue!

There is no supporting structure, no wooden or metal frame. His interpretations of everyday objects are created in adherence to the use of a pure and single material, but instead of the marble or bronze of classical statues, he has chosen one of the most humble and commonly found of our industrial times.

The artist compares his sculptures to drawing, a way of seeing objects by observing and measuring them. There is a process of deconstruction, followed by the actual construction process. It is in this process of making, in an almost instantaneous and immediate construction, as if Gilmour was using a pencil on a piece of paper, that the subtlety of diversity is embodied.

Chris Gilmour cardboard-bike

His work includes stunning life-size objects, these include, a car, a bicycle, a typewriter. The objects are always carefully chosen for their evocative and conceptual power. Link

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