For your consideration today, we have some saxophone art by S.D. Kogan. Mr. Kogan specializes in musical instruments, and other “found art” which he arranges and transforms. His website, Musical Transformations, is an interesting read, and a virtual, visual treat for your optic fibers.
[his] original goal was to give these instruments a “second life”, to re-establish their functional status as “living” objects by transforming them into something new, something that was not originally intended. For example, a lamp might be created by attaching a clarinet to a base at the bottom, and a glass at the top, and running a wire through it. The result regularly triggered people to take a second look with puzzlement or curiosity, a sensibility that was often transformed to amusement when they figured out what was “going on”.
Well looking at these pieces, I certainly was puzzled and curious. However I must admit, I’m not sure I truly figured out was was “going on” in all of them. How about you?
Moment’s Notice
Source: Musical-Transformations.com
Lazy Bird
Source: Musical-Transformations.com
Memories Of 1664
Source: Musical-Transformations.com
Locamotion
Source: Musical-Transformations.com
Quarter Rest
Source: Musical-Transformations.com
Blues in the Night
Source: Musical-Transformations.com
I have respect for Mr. Kogan. Rather than turning a fine, vintage saxophone into a run-of-the-mill table lamp, (you all know what I’m talking about) he has transformed these old instruments, that were destined for the metal recycling heap, into functional art.
Also, according to one of on-line galleries that feature his work, “a portion of every purchase is donated to the Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund, dedicated to assisting musicians in need of health care, shelter, and food”. And in the words of Martha Stewart, that’s a good thing.
