If you ever date artist Sebastian Errazuriz, be warned. He could turn you right into a shoe one day. Neatly, a shoe sculpture at least. In “12 shoes for 12 enthusiasts,” an exhibit now on show in Miami, Fla., Errazuriz reminisces about former enthusiasts through 3D-printed high heels that deliver a little about every previous inamorata. It sounds as if there had been relatively few over the last 15 years, ranging from liked girlfriends to one-night stands.
Cry baby,” a white platform shoe with what looks like splashes of water along the top, tells of Alexandra, who couldn’t cease crying about — or texting — her jerky ex-boyfriend during an evening of ardor with the brand new York-primarily based Errazuriz.
The swish pink “Jetsetter” has a heel within the form of a nostril-down aircraft for Jessica, who advised Errazuriz that her dad owned an aircraft and the domestic had an empty home in Paris which maybe his perfect art studio. “The more she tried to persuade of the lifestyles we could have together, the less sizzling she becomes,” the artist writes of that particular muse.
Some, like a shoe recalling a summer season tryst, have light and airy designs. Then there’s the large black blob of sneakers titled “The Rock.” It recalls Alice, who appears to have left Errazuriz with a heavy heart. “I liked her so much. At all times will,” writes the Chilean-born artist, who has exhibited internationally and in 2010 was once named Chilean clothier of the year.
The “12 footwear” challenge marks the primary time Errazuriz has employed 3D printing in his designs. He created his shoes over a year ago and printed them in PET plastic using a Makerbot Replicator 2x. We’ve seen wild-having a look at 3D-printed shoes earlier, but by no means any that discover sex, love, and well, intercourse as much as these.
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On his Tumblr weblog, Errazuriz released images of one design at a time, together with pictures of the ladies (some actual, some re-created) and a short, steadily expressed story of the pair’s relationship. Names of the ladies had been changed to protect their identity, but shoe names like “heart breaker,” “The Boss,” “The Ghost,” “Gig Jane,” “scorching Bitch,” and “Gold Digger” expose that the 36-12 months-previous artist can have — how should we be saying it? — A flair for the dramatic in terms of his non-public lifestyles.
“After I started this process, I never imagined the place it might turn out; it’s been infinitely more advanced, revealing, and tough than I assumed,” writes the artist, who says his work seems to be to each expose the contradictions and absurdities of regular existence and address deeply seated taboos.
“12 footwear for 12 lovers” might be on display at the Miami Beach pop-up sale of Brazilian shoe model Melissa from January 6 as part of the annual Art Basel in Miami.
