Vanishing Point

Pip Culbert is at the forefront of the art with the work of deconstruction covering several decades. His work in the linear art explores all aspects of the fundamental constructions, deconstructions and perspectives of objects. It is the essence of the perspective that permeates his work.

Over the years, the work of Pip has attracted international attention, and his pieces are featured in many important exhibitions in their catalogs, including "software" in France, linen online at Christchurch Sofa Gallery New Zealand, "The Secret Life of clothing, Artium Fukuoka, Japan, and a commission for Allianz in Berlin, a permanent seam, which runs the entire length of 750 meters of a corridor.

In this article we know how the mass industrialization, two world wars and the 60s, influenced the work of this artist deep.

Mathematics and prospects have all played a crucial role in the evolution of visual arts. It took until the 14th century that artists grasped the nature of the point of view, the application of linear techniques in the creation of grids where the prospect might be inclined than ever how to represent a realistic image without distortion and appearance of flatness. Artists through the centuries have built over the creation of works of art deep.

The 20th century was an era of revolution in the arts influenced by mass industrialization and two world wars. Artists sought to integrate what is happening around them. For many traditional art materials was not enough and they began to find new ways to create this work. Found objects become works of art or sculpture, the most famous being Marcel Duchamp, the exhibition 'Fountain urinal for men, in a show of avant-garde in 1914.

"The creative act is not performed by the artist alone, the viewer does the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act" Marcel Duchamp

Radical thoughts sometimes translated radical. After the Second World War, Great Britain post-war face many challenges and artists are no exception. Architects painters, sculptures, have been confronted with challenges of rebuilding a battered Britain. The shortage of equipment and the need for rapid reconstruction forced artists and technicians to discuss new items. The maelstrom of activity had a profound impact on generations of artists to come. The 50 and 60 have seen a stability that has allowed artists to build on the ideas interrupted by the war. For many, the 60s marked a turning point.

Graduated with a degree in Industrial Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art in 1961, Pip has evolved to encompass the perspectives of art history, deconstruction and the human condition. Found objects have played a major role in the work Pip Culbert and landfills are one of his favorite places.

The vast repertoire of work includes Pip deconstructions of found objects like bags, clothes, tents, parachutes, bags, purses and handkerchiefs, brought to their skeleton is leaving the seams, hems and labels. Ghost as the presence of shapes adorns the walls of isometric drawings are left on hangers like sculptures in low relief.

In "Fossils" Installing Banon discharge, eye catching Pip strange remnants of clothing left at the entrance of more managed by the heavy weight, flattening them where they appear as "fossils". Glancing at the pictures leaves a melancholy feeling of lost bodies which were once adorned with discarded clothing.

Review Pip exhibition at SOFA in 2004, Roger Boyce wrote in "Art in America," said that "apart from the pleasure they provide optical illusion, Culbert goods give rise to history.