Art is in the eye of beholder much like beauty. You can stick out in a variety of ways or you can be subtle. Or in the case of one artist, you can just do whatever the heck you want.
A Chinese artist named Guo Cheng has been working on a creation that will be the envy of all sneakerheads. He is using Jordan 1s as a brush and he is creating a memorable piece of work.
The final product is pretty amazing but it feels silly to use the shoes to make a statement like this. Chang is obviously a very good artist, this just feels like an excuse to be purposely obtuse. Why the heck ruin a perfectly good shoe?
Then again, who am I to question an artist and his motives. The best piece of artwork I ever put together was a portrait of Adam Morrisson (yes, the Gonzaga superstar) in middle school and received a C+ for it. So maybe this is just another layer to the art’s story and the process makes it that much better.
About Sam Blazer
Sam is a self proclaimed chess prodigy. He once placed seventh in the state of Ohio in Chess when he was in kindergarten. He will rarely if ever mention though that only eight people were entered in this tournament. Contact him at sblaze17@gmail.com