Army of Mini Ice Figures Melt into Oblivion

4 years ago Art & Design

Ice menImage by:lemoox

Artists, generally, put an enormous amount of time and effort into their works, so when it all disappears within one day, it must be totally heart-wrenching.

Ice sculpturesImage by: Nele Azevedo

Brazilian artist, Nele Azevedo diligently carved hundreds of miniature ice figures as part of a recent installation only to watch them slowly melt in the heat of the day. As the sun beat down on the tiny sculptures they stooped and slumped, lending an ephemeral quality to the already very cool installation.

tiny ice menImage by: Nele Azevedo

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Written by: Linda

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Randy Finch / iceguru says

Aug 28th, 2008 at 12am
It's great to see artists that normally work in other mediums using ice to express themselves.

Alex says

Aug 25th, 2008 at 12am
That's incredibly. I mean the way they all stand aligned like that. I'd be very interested to know what was the purpose ...