We thought we'd end the week with artwork that blurs the lines between furnishings and art. British artist James Hopkins carefully constructs installations with mundane everyday objects into artwork with hidden messages. The question is, do you see the hidden image first or the plain old collection of objects? It's all dependent on perspective. A few more images under the cut...
James Hopkins: Decor As Art
"Even though my work often contains design elements, ironically they work in opposition to accommodating the body. My favourite part of the 'Love Seat' sculpture is the letter O because on that chair the seat is missing." -via *Wallpaper
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The Loveseat piece is genuinely heartwarming - look what happens when you put us all together with all our imperfections.
view KarenH's profile
so cool
view Jess2nola's profile
The three shelves are skulls, right?
view JohnnySlimane's profile
Yes they are... and they're creeping me out!
view GHB's profile
Is this perchance his "skull period" work?
view kuroneko's profile
Very Dali with a clever twist. The skull is obviously Dali, but the doors are a more subtle reference to Dali's hypercube tesseract (Crucifixion).
view lightspeed's profile
"Love" the chairs :)
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Thse skulls hav got to be bad feng shui. I saw them immediately then looked at the object that it took to make them. I got the bench, and the door remind me of jacks -- you know the kind you spread on the table and pick up with a ball.
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The idea is cool, perhaps I'd stear clear of the skulls though... Maybe my uncle Snake would like it... might match his skull candle holder/coffee table. Lol. Still I like the idea.
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