{"id":6515,"date":"2021-02-01T01:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/montreal-artist-junko-manifests-creatures-from-repurposed-garbage\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T01:34:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:34:16","slug":"montreal-artist-junko-manifests-creatures-from-repurposed-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/montreal-artist-junko-manifests-creatures-from-repurposed-garbage\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal artist Junko manifests creatures from repurposed garbage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-critique.com\/en\/2019\/09\/the-statues-and-sculptures-of-montreal\/\" target=\"_blank\">The city of Montreal is no stranger to public sculptures.<\/a> Home to an eclectic collection of statues that are dotted across the map of the entire city, it\u2019s hard to pick a walking path through the downtown area or Old Montreal that doesn\u2019t pass by at least one eye-catching sculpture. Recently, some new sculptures have been popping up along the city\u2019s snowy streets, and their creator refers to them as \u201cglorified littering.\u201d These eerie and interesting new forms are the creations of an artist under the pseudonym Junko, and as their creator\u2019s name implies, they are composed of junk.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Junko began to publicly share his pieces at the end of December 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/junko.playtime\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">via his Instagram account<\/a>. His first published post was on December 27th and showed off what was apparently his first endeavour into repurposing garbage as sculpting materials. \u201cWorking on this sculpture gave me a sense of purpose,\u201d Junko states on the post. \u201cAs well as opened my eyes to the potential of creating sculptures from junk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Much of Junko\u2019s work appear to take animal-like forms as well as feeling distinctly mechanical; the artificial skeletons of some long forgotten creatures. Car parts, bike frames, toy pieces, and all sorts of detritus make for materials in the artist\u2019s sculptures- and sometimes even real animal bones. And while some appear to be small enough to easily pick up, others stand easily over ten feet tall and loom ominously and beautifully in the environments they have been placed in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With the mixture of natural forms and unnatural ingredients, Junko\u2019s creations meld interestingly into all sorts of city spots. They seem as at home in a desolate stretch of snow and trees as they do beneath the concrete of an overpass. The reception to his sculptures has generally been positive, if a bit quizzical, but it is certainly not too out of place to find such creative public pieces in areas such as the Mile End in Montreal, where several of his creations reside.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While apparently not authorized public pieces, Junko\u2019s works are all still standing currently. The artist states that his work can\u2019t necessarily be classified as vandalism as they are essentially \u201can organized pile of trash.\u201d The works clearly take a lot of work and gumption to install, but with the city of Montreal still in a lockdown due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, there is perhaps no better an opportunity to undertake such an endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Junko\u2019s work has a decidedly Montreal feel to it. It\u2019s experimental but understandable, strange but familiar, natural and urban. The creatures he has crafted seem at home in the city they lumber in. And with spring somewhere on the horizon, here\u2019s hoping that more of these litter critters will be waking from hibernation soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Montreal is no stranger to public sculptures. 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