as a building almost magically unzips,
sculptor Alex Chinneck has a string of major projects as part
of Milan Design Week, including this massive intervention that the artist calls
“the most ambitious work I’ve ever made.”
His other work, whether “unzipping” a concrete floor or a factory wall, carry this motif, (Photography of his Milan Design Week work by Marc Wilmot.),
in
an interview with SculptureVox, Chinneck explained why he now works with
structural engineers and architectural consultants:
"They
make it safe but they also navigate many of the logistical and administrational
obstacles that these kind of ambitious ideas present. And it’s very difficult
because we’re doing things that have never been done before, which is of course
the point,"
he continues,
"there’s no template: there’s learning on the job. It really
requires my ‘go to’ team of engineers and consultants. They are able to balance
out the creative drive to produce these things with necessary levels of
professionalism," allI can say is his work really stands out, and as it happens we have featured his work three times before.
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