Sculpture Of Bryan In Indiana
People visiting Indianapolis, Indiana may have noticed a familiar figure in town.
An electrically lit towering image of bryan rises 16 1/2 feet high in White River State Park. It is made of vinyl, steel, aluminum and lights and is titled Bryan Plays Guitar .
The exhibit features eleven installations by the internationally recognized British artist Julian Opie. The exhibits are scattered throughout the downtown area and is his largest outdoor public project ever.
Here is more information on the project:
http://www.indyarts.org/JulianOpie/
Here is what Julian had to say about his creation of bryan.
Bryan plays guitar, 2006″When I received an e-mail from Bryan Adams I assumed it was a joke but when I phoned the given number he picked up and said, “How great is the Internet?” He wanted
a portrait of himself for the next album and we set a date for a photo-shoot. He lives in West London in a large studio by the river. Bryan took a break from practicing with his band and we retired to the large sky-lit kitchen to work. I had been drawing pictures of women in various poses and was keen to find an equivalent way of drawing men.
I asked Bryan to hold his guitar and he played some riffs from the latest album but without plugging in the guitar. I photographed every pose without knowing quite what I would do with them. I first used the images for a series of paintings, which emitted sound. Bryan agreed to swap the portrait for a short piece of music, which plays from
speakers attached to the rear of the canvases.”
“I have considered men playing tennis or basketball, even fencing but somehow playing the guitar is the only male pose that works. Recently I drew the poster for a music festival in Switzerland and used the rock group Deep Purple. In this case, the singer with his microphone also seemed to work. Here in Indianapolis, Bryan Adams seemed to hit the right mood, jeans and a t-shirt and a low-slung guitar.”
Source: BADnews
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