The Rise of Lollipop Man: The Car

Boris Shpeizman/ April 21, 2019/ Uncategorized

Photo by @adz.run Boris Shpeizman, 2024 Glass on painted galvanized steel frame, mounted on a platform. L270xW125xH110cm. This sculpture brings to life a universal childhood dream, the thrill of racing cars through the transformative medium of glass. With its vibrant sugar-candy hues and crystalline clarity, the work evokes the fantasy of a giant lollipop while capturing the speed and innovation of its historic prototype. Crafted with extreme precision, the piece celebrates both whimsy and technical mastery, standing as a testament to the artist’s ambition to create a true glass car. The sculpture is meticulously built to the exact dimensions of the GN Jap V8 racing car, a legendary 1908 vehicle that was engineered with an airplane engine, pushing the limits

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Art Vision and Bio

Boris Shpeizman/ May 5, 2018/ Uncategorized

Art Vision To walk on the “edge” was always my motto in life.  To always walk the line where one art direction ends but a new one is yet to begin; where the possibilities of matter are brought to their limit and where ideas are brought to the absurd – that is where I practice my art. Any material reveals its hidden and surprising qualities only in extreme situations. The transformation of glass from its hot, raw and liquid state into stiff, cold and fragile substance symbolizes, in my eyes, the full cycle of life. In my work, I look for ways to intertwine traditional glass blowing with contemporary art. Bio I was born and grew up in St. Petersburg

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