Carlos Blanco’s flair for air. . .

Sculpting with Race Cars 

In addition, to my earlier post about Carlos’ ‘post-it-note’ exhibition in Los Angeles at Lurie Gallery I thought I’d share some of his other work—sculpting with race cars. . . well, not exactly but pictures of the before and after of these unassuming chalk-like pieces offer a glimpse into his process as well as the accompanying video (and, yes, that’s him in the race car):

Carlos Blanco, "Bigger than Life" (Before and After)

A recent Spanish-language interview talks a little more about Carlos’ ‘other side’ of art-making.

I’ve invited Carlos to add in his own comments about his creative process or perhaps the images speak for themselves?

Carlos Blanco in reply:

The images shown of Before and After were attached to a commercial flight at 14.000 feet high at 540 miles /hour.

The Art Project AIR- BIGGER THAN LIFE is a four chapter project:

The TRAIN: AVE high speed train: 140 miles /hour. SPAIN.

The CAR: NASCAR CAR. 130 mile/hour. L.A. USA.

The SKY DIVING: 10.000 feet high. 130 miles/hour. FLANDES-COLOMBIA.

The AIRPLANE: 14.000 feet high 540 miles/hour. COLOMBIA.

Motivation:

The [element] of speed comes from my youth encounters with extreme sports (skateboard, hang gliding) and a mix of my roots from a country with everyone has something or an alter ego with the guerrilla.

I did some of these guerrilla acts entering with no permission to the DOCUMENTA 9 (Director: Jan Hoet) and Venice Biennale under Bonita Achile Oliva. Then the Bomb Cars (Check video), which we in Colombia describe helium balloons as bombs.

Informing artists:

Always on my mind Bas Jan Ader, Robert Smithson, Daniel Buren (airplane piece) and Calder Flying Colors for Braniff Airways.