A Fleet of Chiseled Cars by Kiko Miyares Adds New Meaning to Getting Caught in the Headlights — Colossal



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Usually, one avoids getting “caught like a deer in headlights,” however for Kiko Miyares, that’s the entire level. Chiseled from single items of timber, the Llanes, Spain-based artist fashions miniature, colourful automobiles with the high-beams turned on and an array of landscapes and tableaux of their sights.

“I immerse myself in a inventive sport the place shapes, dimensions, and perspective intertwine to problem expectations,” Miyares says.

The artist usually experiments notion, carving wooden into a variety of objects like footwear, animals, and figures with elongated, surreal options. Miyares’ inspiration for the yellow headlights was sparked “from my fascination with the convergence of artwork and performance,” he says. “My objective is to transcend the traditional, merging aesthetics with utility and exploring how type can affect notion.”

Distinctively lengthy, stable lights function the items’ helps, which could be propped up into slender columns as if they’re driving straight towards the bottom. “The automobile collection nonetheless has no finish, and relying on the inventive second, I preserve modifying the idea,” Miyares says.

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