Monday, February 3, 2014

Slinkachu vs. Christopher Boffoli



With my supreme interest in art, my main aim is to search for unique artists that are captivating to my eyes. One day, I was searching for an artist called Slinkachu and when I did more research, I found out that there was also another artist that did similar work as him.

Slinkachu is from United Kingdom and his works are concentrated on installation and photography. He uses certain situations in daily life objects and adds little fun by installing miniature people.

Here are some works of Slinkachu: 


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Most of the works are set in the streets and common objects, such as milk box, broken glass; these are often seen in our daily lives. In addition, I also noticed that he likes to work from outside of the building.  His project is called the “Little People – a selection of street installations.” What I like most about his work is that he creates his own worlds that are not prevailed. He uses spaces that people do not pay much attention to create interesting scene.

Christopher Buffoli is from Seattle, United States and he also works with miniature figures, but has a different style compared to Slinkachu. If you see his works, you will know the differences.

Here are some of his works:





As you can see, Buffoli also uses miniature figures to create different scenes. However, his works are much different compared to Slinkachu. If you see works from both artists, they have commonality with milk spilled on the ground. In Slinkachu’s piece of art, it is a milk box that is much dominant in peoples eye rather than Buffoli who uses a glass milk bottle. His works are rather stylish and modern. Buffoli chooses to work inside the studio, since all of his works have chosen objects. His concept of these works is called “Big Appetites: Tiny People in a World of Big Food,” showing creative uses on traits that each food has. 

It is interesting to see two artists, using miniature figures, but whose works are completely opposite at the same time. Slinkachu is an outside person, while Buffoli works inside the studio and has sets. Comparing the two artists, Buffoli comes out as a planned out and organized artist who thinks about how to make each objects fun. On the other hand, Slinkachu thinks about the mediums first so as to figure out how to create a scene with his little people.  In my personal style, I like Buffolis choice of style better because I have a liking for food and desserts. His choice of colours fascinates me and especially the desserts make my mouth-watering!!!

If you are interested to see more works of two artists, feel free to visit these sites!

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