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#crystals
#discovered objects
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March 18, 2022
Anna Marks
Los Angeles-based artist Sam Keller creates playful works centered round his curiosity in twisting new narratives from on a regular basis objects. He transforms a flattened Coca-Cola or La Croix can into an exquisite gleaming object coated in Swarovski crystals and sculpts large Cheetos in hole spheres and small stacks. Every work sheds gentle on consumption and capitalism’s grip on society. “My use of unpreserved junk meals I’m hoping ought to immediate a re-examination of the meals we determine to devour as properly,” the artist shares. “For the file, I finished consuming Cheetos years in the past.”
Whereas rising up in Brooklyn, Keller was drawn to the atmosphere surrounding him, usually discovering and amassing objects from the streets, which nonetheless informs his work right now. “My teenage bed room was embellished with ads I faraway from subway automobiles, a satellite tv for pc dish that I painted on, and as soon as to my father or mother’s dismay, I even introduced residence a toppled parking meter,” Keller tells Colossal. In the present day, he sources many cans from discarded waste round him, after which he flattens them and decorates them in colourful crystals.
The artist studied portray on the Rhode Island College of Design and centered on drawing discovered objects, meals, and “off-shoot supplies for his or her built-in language and cultural significance.” Apart from high-end glass, lots of the gadgets he makes use of are comparatively frequent. “It solely takes two massive baggage (of Cheetos) to make a ‘Cheetosphere’ sculpture, so from a sensible standpoint, a vitrine to guard a kind of is the costliest part,” he explains.“I’m at all times searching for new objects and supplies to include into my follow whereas persevering with to evolve my present concepts and pursuits. I really feel like I’m chasing an indescribable imaginative and prescient in my thoughts, and I’ll solely know once I get there.”
To view extra of Keller’s paintings, comply with him on Instagram or go to his web site. (by way of It’s Good That)
#crystals
#discovered objects
#sculpture
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