Art Friday: Carlos Amorales


Artist: Carlos Amorales

Mexican artist, born 1970

Three dimensional art

The artwork below is called Black Cloud, thousands of moths of different sizes at Yvon Lambert (New York)(2007) and a old baroque church in Spain (2009).  The one at Yvon Lambert contained 25,000 black paper moths that were hand glued to the wall. There are 36 different types of moths, all life-size which are to give the impression of a plague.  Amorales studied the swarming habits of moths and based on this information designed the installation. It took 8 months to until they were happy with the swarms.





The process of "gluing" all the moths to the wall -

Four museum workers worked in an assembly-line production putting together the moths attaching each moth individually.



You better start punching!!! Another idea for your children!

Comments

  1. Incredible....I feel for the guys that had to glue them all over the place!!

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    1. I hope the glue they used didn't ruin those white walls!!

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  2. I have butterflies on my walls too not that many but his are more dramatic than mine I only have 12.
    Merle......

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    1. I have butterflies on my toilet/bathroom door - I am quite a fan of these little creatures:)))

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  3. Actually, you know, to me that's not really his artwork, because although he might have come up with the idea, it doesn't seem to me that having other people attach them to the wall should be HIS artwork. Isn't the idea of art to do it yourself if it's your piece??
    Hmmm..... :P

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    1. Tricky one - with most large art installations, the artists has assistants such as in this case, the assistants simply follow the instructions of the artists. In fact going back in time - some very famous painters used assistants to help with painting the large canvas's and murals so it isn't something new. With something like this, the artist probably had a timeframe to install all the butterflies and couldn't have done it himself.

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  4. Fascinating, yet looking at all those moths, even though they were paper, gave me the "creepy crawlies."

    I wouldn't have such patience to glue moths on a wall in a specific spot either. I wonder how much those artist get paid for that type of work?

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    1. The think an occasional red butterfly would have been good!! I also had that creepy feel when I first saw this:))) No idea how much an artist would be paid, depends on how famous they are?

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  5. Jo-- THAT is simply amazing!!! Totally incredible. I can't even imagine cutting all those moths out OR gluing them to the wall!!! Do I like it? Actually-- I think I really do!!! Thanks again-- I'd be worthless in art education if it weren't for you!!
    Vicki

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    1. So glad you like this one - I could imagine this idea being used in a bedroom - butterflies gracing a wall, perhaps not all in black.

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  6. Wow! When we get swarms like that the first thing I think of is how hard it is to clean it off! Spectacular though.
    I love butterflies, but probably the soft little blues and yellows appeal the most.

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