bob conge's war @ kaiju invades new york (april 19)
Bob Conge has declared that "WAR" will be in the "KAIJU INVADES NEW YORK" exhibition at The SHOWROOM Gallery in NYC, opening this Saturday, April 19,2008 from 8-11 pm (peep show details on Kirkland's blog):
Bob (of Plaseebo Customs) also mentions: "This sculpt is somewhat of a departure for me, in that it is my intent to use the "art toy" form as a vehicle to express a powerful sociopolitical statement. "War is the ultimate monster" I wanted to create an image that would make the viewer feel the horror of war and perhaps move them to take a stand against its ravages of life and land. The Dick Cheney smile on the skull is no accident ... You already know the back-story. As inspired by, "I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds", from The Bhagavad-Gita."
WAR is a one-up hand cast urethane from an original sculpt - measuring 10" high by 6" wide with glass inset eyes, the body and feet of the WAR figure are made up of the dead bodies of solders, crashed airplanes, blown up tanks, barrels of oil, etc and his legs are the trunks from burned and broken trees = *cool*
[Creating The Great American Kaiju with Bob Conge-interview]
Bob (of Plaseebo Customs) also mentions: "This sculpt is somewhat of a departure for me, in that it is my intent to use the "art toy" form as a vehicle to express a powerful sociopolitical statement. "War is the ultimate monster" I wanted to create an image that would make the viewer feel the horror of war and perhaps move them to take a stand against its ravages of life and land. The Dick Cheney smile on the skull is no accident ... You already know the back-story. As inspired by, "I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds", from The Bhagavad-Gita."WAR is a one-up hand cast urethane from an original sculpt - measuring 10" high by 6" wide with glass inset eyes, the body and feet of the WAR figure are made up of the dead bodies of solders, crashed airplanes, blown up tanks, barrels of oil, etc and his legs are the trunks from burned and broken trees = *cool*
[Creating The Great American Kaiju with Bob Conge-interview]
