model aircraft in art?

[ericr]

hi there,

do you people know of instances of aircraft models in art pieces ?

It would be contemporary art, given the historic ancienty of plastic modelling 

and given that it's not the usual use and situation of models, it has something to do with What If, doesn't it? 

For example, here is a Christmas tree at London's Tate Gallery in 2007, made up by Fiona Banner:



see also :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-497848/Artist-hangs-message-war-Tate-Christmas-tree.html

She seems to have a large collection :
http://www.artnews.org/artist.php?i=532

She also uses real (decommissioned) aircraft as art material : I have seen the Harrier with the bird of prey painting scheme (but not lied underneath it ...) : definitely an idea for a What-If decoration!



anyone knows others?

[PR19_Kit]

She needs to learn about painting............

[puddingwrestler]

Cannot remember the name, but there was an artist in the early 90s I believe who used Tamiya 1/35 military figures in dioramas as art.

[martinbayer]

An artist named Peter Shulman has created an outdoor installation type work of art containing over 60,000 figures and more than 4,800 scale models that cover over 30 acres: http://peterswar.com/

Martin

[ericr]

She needs to learn about painting............

sometimes some artists don't paint 

personnaly I can understand people like Tophe who have their constructions in just one colour, just to emphasize shape;
it is indeed a bit different from decoration-WhIf, which is great too of course

may be there dimensions of WhIffing : colours, shapes, histories, ... and you may explore one or the other or several at ounce

[ericr]

Cannot remember the name, but there was an artist in the early 90s I believe who used Tamiya 1/35 military figures in dioramas as art.

I know of Kris Kuksi who is doing quite incredibly impressive things with figures and tanks and stuff, like this :



or that, with an airship:



or even a F-104:



is it him that you meant?

[ericr]

An artist named Peter Shulman has created an outdoor installation type work of art containing over 60,000 figures and more than 4,800 scale models that cover over 30 acres: http://peterswar.com/

thanks for the tip : I had a look, and it is certainly impressive!

[Weaver]

hi there,

do you people know of instances of aircraft models in art pieces ?

It would be contemporary art, given the historic ancienty of plastic modelling  

and given that it's not the usual use and situation of models, it has something to do with What If, doesn't it?  

For example, here is a Christmas tree at London's Tate Gallery in 2007, made up by Fiona Banner:

It was this quote that cracked me up:

Banner, 41, who was unveiling her festive contribution today, said: "It was a major research job to establish exactly what planes are in military service worldwide.

Somebody please show her a copy of Jane's All the World's Aircraft - she'll be devastated.......


But the real question is: what is she going to do with all the models when they take the tree down? 

[The Rat]

or even a F-104:

And a Tornado, and a Komet, and a couple of tanky thingies, WOW! That is bizarre! 

[PR19_Kit]

Somebody please show her a copy of Jane's All the World's Aircraft - she'll be devastated.......

She'll be even more devastated if she learns that the blurred foreground model in the third piccie down on the Mail page is a Hunter, and I don't think they're still in operational service with anyone still, are they?

[Mossie]

I've seen something similar before.  An old S-58 was mounted upside down which supposedly turned it into art. 



I thought that was b*llocks then, this is just the same idea warmed over.

[pyro-manic]

The MOD have been using a couple for the last few years! And Lebanon have four still officially in service.

[PR19_Kit]

The MOD have been using a couple for the last few years! And Lebanon have four still officially in service.

The MoD ones are civvie owned and flown AFAIK so aren't really 'operational'. I didn't know about the Lebanese ones though, thanks.

[ericr]

I've seen something similar before.  An old S-58 was mounted upside down which supposedly turned it into art. 

thanks for sharing the link; there's no obligation to like it anyway.

A nearly useful variation can be seen here though :
http://gizmodo.com/5915136/an-upside-down-helicopter-makes-for-one-bad+donkey-ceiling-fan

[ericr]

Somebody please show her a copy of Jane's All the World's Aircraft - she'll be devastated.......

she seems to have quite a collection of them  :

But the real question is: what is she going to do with all the models when they take the tree down? 

good question