Foot Fetish – les chaussures à visage de Gwen Murphy

L’artiste américaine Gwen Murphy réalise de fantastiques chaussures à visage dans sa série Foot Fetish.

Une série débutée en 2005 si bien qu’elle a déjà recyclé quelques 150 vieilles paire de pompes dans ces sculptures étonnantes.

A fetish is an object believed to have magical powers to protect or aid its owner I see a shoe as a kind of fetish, because it has a presence, and the power to protect and transport us. Since I was a very young child I have looked at shoes and found them looking back at me, each pair with its particular personality and facial expression. When shoes are lined up near a door or in a closet, they are trusty steeds, waiting to serve. Mouths yawning open, they sometimes look sleepy, grouchy, or fierce; sometimes they look like they are singing. They are like a species of beings made entirely of pairs of identical twins. This series of sculptures is my way of bringing forth the presence I see in each pair of shoes.

Après ces chaussures aux semelles de bois sculptées par LanVy Nguyen, voici quelques chaussures à visage de Gwen Murphy, des Foot Fetish en images:
(plus de ses créations sur le site web de l’artiste ici)

toutes les images: credit Gwen Murphy