2024-10-19 13:00:00
Los Future archaeologists will be surprised when they found themselves standing in front of a sculpture by Tomás Schinelli. “These humans They live with giant ants? Eight-meter dragon and penguin High? You’d think Patagonia was a magical land, and at some point, They are right.
Tomás Schinelli is an artist, but he considers himself “more like a sculptor”. since eight yearsthings that happen by chance, Today, it has become a way of life. What started as a metal test trying to make decorations and knives for his house ended up being a profession. Today he spoke without much understanding This is his specialty.
put up Huge figures bursting into public space. For example, there is a red fox in the middle of the promenade of Commodore Rivadavia. But not just anyone. A big, big one. a who, Even in dreams, people would rather avoid it. And his work. On rooftops, in remote locations, in vineyards and even inserted into nature.
This is 43 year old man make one stinging questions: The house could be simpler and the car could be more square. Simple. Why put a design on it? Why create art? What’s the point?
Artwork by Thomas Sinelli. Photo: Courtesy
Tomás Schinelli was born in Buenos Aires and moved to Esquel in 1999 to study forestry engineering. but, There is destined to be another career in the future For him. Today he is a writer About 80 works, Megafauna forged from iron are found in Esquel, Treviline, Costa Chubut, Buenos Aires and in different cities across the country.
“I work to order,” he explains. but, Not everything is at the mercy of who orders it. “I define the animal based on its posture and where it settles,” he said. Thomas works without a computer or a 3D program. Play with images and search for videos on the web. back paint a huge picture, Place on the floor to respect proportions. “back I started generating graphics“, he said, “I use the iron to create volume and then Covered with metal sheet, finished”.
Beyond iron, sheet metal and design, What is unique about Thomas’s work is its size: An eight-meter-long ant, a two-meter-long penguin, and even a 12-meter-long Welsh dragon Ddraig Goch, Must be transported by truck with trailer Install it on Esquel Coast.
“With this size,” he reflects, “the work takes on another existence.”
Why go to all the trouble to create a piece of art? There is no answer to this question.
Sculptor Thomas Cinelli. Photo: Courtesy
past, Over the next few months, he received many orders: A giant ant goes to the vineyards of Salta, a monument in the town of Trelew, another monument in Corcovado. “This makes me passionate“I like to come up with new things that I haven’t done before,” he says, “and I’m always looking for something I didn’t like in the last sculpture I made.” for improvement next time. “I’m always trying to figure out what to do to keep growing.”
Thomas is traditional. “It’s very popular right now to use recycled materials or abstract ideas, and unless you read the title, no one knows what it is,” he explains. His sculptures are figurative. It’s big, but very vivid. But that’s not the difference. “The magic is in movement,” he said. What they have, what each animal’s posture expresses or conveys. Judging from his attitude”. That’s Thomas’ goal. For example, if he makes a cow, he cares not only that it is anatomically perfect; Master Sumasua: “There has to be something in the appearance, the attitude, the posture that conveys emotion or creates emotion in people. Let it catch their attention.
This question remains unanswered. Why create art if everything could be simpler? Thomas didn’t answer, but There are three answers. First: “Because it’s cute.” Second: “Because it makes things more special.” Third: “Because worth. Life “It enriches it tremendously.”
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