Sep 122011
SOMA
Convention Center
3rd and Clementina
Artist Dustin Shuler, who calls himself an “urban hunter of cars” created this work in 1985. Titled “Spider Pelt,” it is a mounted sculpture of a “skinned” red fiat spider.
The Los Angeles artist has built his artistic career, on hunting cars, skinning them of their sheet metal exteriors, and arranging them into thin, flat compositions he calls “pelts. “Spider Pelt” created from a 1971 red fiat spider -was commissioned by the Arts Commission for the Moscone Parking Garage.
The piece weighs 150-pounds. “Spider Pelt is on the garage’s south wall, where it is readily visible to Third Street drivers entering the downtown area. The metal sections are connected by lengths of stainless steel cable, which gives the work its pelt-like flexibility while preventing it from flapping. The Plexiglas windows have been replaced with Lexan, a stronger material with UV protective coating. The cabling hangs on 77 fasteners attached to the garage wall.
Fun! Great thing to see in a garage!
Such an imaginative view of a car –here’s an artist who really loves the automobile! A perfect piece to put in a garage. Have a great day, Principessa!
Now, that’s just too cool. I can’t wait to show my son!
Wow – that is very cool!
Now THAT’S recycling!!
What a wonderful work of art this is, and I thank you so much for sharing it at The Creative Exchange.
Sending you wishes for a wonderful evening.
lisa.
I really like the concept, but the name kind of creeps me out.
How cool!
Unique!