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This sculpture is a stylized smokestack. One of the most fascinating aspects of this piece, is that it presents a smokestack from several perspectives at once. Yellow plexiglas seemed the right medium to thrust this stylized architectural form forward and into the mind’s eye.

The various perspectives of the smokestack heighten the drama of this piece. In fact, much of my work evolves around destruction and recreation of space and form. When a form is re-presented from the vantage point of several perspectives all at once, a new form evolves. Real smokestacks are never angular but in this case, the angularity returns or reissues a starkness to this piece that it would never have presented in a cylindrical form.

The angular form emphasizes the starkness of a lone smokestack jutting into midair. Transfixed on this imagery, the base of the smokestack seems to drop away in the viewer’s eye. As the viewer gazes up at the smokestack from a distance, the base of the smokestack looms large and the top seems to thrust away from the viewer at an angle. As the viewer approaches the base, the smokestack seems to loom over the viewer overshadowing and menacing and threatening to fall. As one gazes at the wisps of smoke escaping from the top, one feels lifted up and in the minds eye, one envisions gazing down from above on the opening from which the smoke rises.

In this sculpture all the perspectives are realized at once: the smokestack leans away, the smokestack leans towards, we envision looking into the opening with smoke drifting out – as if the smokestack is alive!! The yellow plexiglas is further enhanced by the gold neon that runs up the center of the piece. Perched in the opening is a wisp of argon “smoke” this is reflected back to us in myriad forms from the inside of the opening which faces us. The light from the yellow tube and the blue argon blend together to create a green haze inside the smokestack which telegraphs the underlying probability of pollution that is also an undeniable part of a smokestack’s character.



			Smokestack Neon / Acrylic This sculpture is a stylized smokestack. One of the most fascinating aspects of this piece, is that it presents a smokestack from several perspectives at once. Yellow plexiglas seemed the right medium to thrust this stylized architectural form forward and into the mind’s eye. The various perspectives of the smokestack heighten the drama of this piece. In fact, much of my work evolves around destruction and recreation of space and form. When a form is re-presented from the vantage point of several perspectives all at once, a new form evolves. Real smokestacks are never angular but in this case, the angularity returns or reissues a starkness to this piece that it would never have presented in a cylindrical form. The angular form emphasizes the starkness of a lone smokestack jutting into midair. Transfixed on this imagery, the base of the smokestack seems to drop away in the viewer’s eye. As the viewer gazes up at the smokestack from a distance, the base of the smokestack looms large and the top seems to thrust away from the viewer at an angle. As the viewer approaches the base, the smokestack seems to loom over the viewer overshadowing and menacing and threatening to fall. As one gazes at the wisps of smoke escaping from the top, one feels lifted up and in the minds eye, one envisions gazing down from above on the opening from which the smoke rises. In this sculpture all the perspectives are realized at once: the smokestack leans away, the smokestack leans towards, we envision looking into the opening with smoke drifting out – as if the smokestack is alive!! The yellow plexiglas is further enhanced by the gold neon that runs up the center of the piece. Perched in the opening is a wisp of argon “smoke” this is reflected back to us in myriad forms from the inside of the opening which faces us. The light from the yellow tube and the blue argon blend together to create a green haze inside the smokestack which telegraphs the underlying probability of pollution that is also an undeniable part of a smokestack’s character. Price: $3,500.00 home • biography • about us • designs/products • neon work • art furniture / functional art • music • gallery • contact us • sitemap • faq Copyright © 2005-2007 Eric Helín Design. All rights reserved. This page was last updated on September 16, 2007 .•ºadd this web site to your favoritesº•.