Chris Gilmour
Theoretically, I love the idea of a small house. I like small, I like clever use of space. But, I also want lots kids and lots of art, and too much of either one in a small house sounds claustrophobic.
Chris Gilmour’s life size cardboard replicas of real-life objects are the kinds of pieces that make me think I might need just a little extra space budgeted in for large-scale modern art. Or maybe, just they’re just the right catalyst for a little creative space planning… suspend a motorcycle from the ceiling in a stairwell landing? Maybe!
Gilmour has replicated tons of everyday objects, but my favorites are the cars and motorcycles, I think because I like seeing something usually so strong and shiny made from such a humble, soft, monochromatic medium.
His reasons for making the objects he does, however, have more to do with memory, emotion, and interaction– or rather, the lack of interaction created when the object is presented as art. As he says, “The interaction of the viewer with the works seems to function as a kind of short circuit between an implied action and the impossibility of performing it.”