"Pushed Around" 2009 Size: 28 " x 25 " x 8 " Materials: Welded steel, teak, vintage sewing machine parts, found gear, surplus lens
Musical instruments, antique telephones, and half-a-century old cash registers are fascinating to behold on their own, but when re-worked by the nimble hands of Greg Brotherton they rise to become mythological objects of intrigue. The San Diego based artist creates meticulously detailed sculpture, using steel, wood, glass, concrete and unusual found objects. Inspired by the dystopian fiction of the early 20th century, Brotherton’s work revolves around themes of escape and discovery.
Brotherton, also the co-founder of the Device Gallery in San Diego, says, “I strive to create heroic icons from our ever evolving cultural saga. Icons that juxtapose mythology with pop culture and invest ordinary objects with fantastic, sometimes diabolical, function.”
See more of Brotherton’s work here.
"Listening In " 2011 Size: 12 " x 18 " x 18 " Materials: Welded steel, cast pewter, payphone dial, parts from a beer tap, concrete
"Listening In" (details)
"The Calculator" 2011 Size: 12" x 17 " x 17 " Materials: Welded steel, cast pewter, cash register and adding machine parts
"Racer 8" 2010 Size: 25 " x 13 " x 6 " Materials: Welded steel, concrete, teak, magnifying lens, wrist watches, ceramic, needle-nose pliers, typewriter key
"Sounding the Furnace" 2010 Size: 33 " x 14 " x 16 " Materials: Welded steel, concrete, french horn
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