Nessie Trash Bag Monster
December 14th, 2009 by John WolfeMy last post dealt with trash can scares on Halloween, so it’s only fitting that this one features the can’s liner. Artist, Joshua Allen Harris is responsible for this cryptic creature creation.
And while the majority of his work has very little (if anything) to do with Halloween, many of his pieces do have a monster theme. His inflatable bag monsters have been spotted hovering over air vents in New York and Paris.
Source: YT user, harrisdanger
This second vid is a short documentary on the street artist and his awesome creations.
Source: YT user, NewYorkMagazine
December 14th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
That is a good one! I adore a sense of humor downtown because it’s stressful enough. Making people busy on the sidewalks stop and smile–great work!
December 15th, 2009 at 1:35 am
This is so cool. I never knew such a thing exsisted. Now we do always see those blow up big people in front of car lots or the fair but I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s actually a great way to use the subway air in New York City because those things have huge gust of air that come up out of nowhere. Again, reminds me of your Jack-of-the-day in that the further you got into your creation, the more imaginative you were getting with what to use to create good ol’ Jack.
Though all of Josh’s work was great, my favorite was the polar bears. The were just short enough to not require to much gust and if they did get more than needed then the head seemed to come alive almost as if the bear was attacking. That was really cool. It always intrigues me what form of art people will come up with that’s not the norm
Gee, go figure.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
autumnforest,
I agree 100%. Artwork such as this is extremely inspirational because it actually causes people to stop and appreciate the moment.
Goldie,
The polar bear was another great one, but you know me — I gotta hankering to feature the “dark” monster side of things.
That’s a good point about the gusts of air filling them out and animating them much easier, due to their extremely low center of gravity. His larger creations would look even more awesome with greater air pressure, I’m sure.
I gotcha about appreciating things that aren’t the norm — same here.