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Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

January 14, 2020

Grace Ebert

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

All images © Selçuk Yılmaz, shared with permisison

By hammering and welding more than 20,0000 metal pieces together, artist Selçuk Yılmaz (previously) creates massive sculptures that manifest the energy of the natural world as it becomes more damaged by humans and climate change. The Turkey-based artist』s latest project, Blue Planet, took almost two years to complete and features a human figure in addition to Yılmaz』s usual animals, like a nearly 10-foot-tall lion that weighs approximately 220 pounds.

Yılmaz tells Colossal he wanted the project to speak to environmental destruction, so he placed a human hand at the bottom of the arranged piece to signify it being the root cause. A lurking vulture waits nearby, hoping to eat the other animals after they die. 「The woman holds her hand on a blue planet as if (to) save everything. It』s like a chaos,」 he says. For more of the artist』s imposing creations, head to Behance or Instagram.

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

Enormous Metal Sculptures by Selçuk Yılmaz Embody Chaotic Effects of Climate Change

 

 

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