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Towering Wooden Set Pieces and Combustible Monuments by Manolo Garcia
Spanish artist Manolo Garcia
constructs towering replicas of renaissance-era sculptures, portraits,
animals, and other decorative objects from his expansive workshop in
Valencia, Spain. Garcia refers to his practice as ‘artistic carpentry’
and by looking at process photos of the studio’s work, that seems like a
fair descriptor. Most of the set pieces, monuments, and sculptures
built by Garcia begin with strips of wood that are applied to large
architectural armature. The objects are usually so large they are first
built in pieces and later assembled on-site. Last March, Garcia participated in the annual Las Fallas
(Fire Festival) in Valencia where a series of large artworks are set on
fire at night as part of a Burning Man-esque spectacle. To be fair, the
Fallas festivals in their current format pre-date the popular Nevada
festival by about 44 years, and may have originated as far back as the
Middle Ages.You can see much more of Garcia’s work in this gallery. Thanks Colossal