They’re discarded trash
sculptures carved from wood
Said the artist, Morgan MacLean, who created these objects by hand-chiseling mahogany:
"The
act of applying a traditional skill to the reproduction of an object
whose function has ceased and whose post-use form is literally regarded
as trash is an absurd gesture. But there is something sublime and
uncanny about the representation of trash in a beautiful material like
wood."
A crushed plastic bottle
Another crushed bottle that
looks like a toothpaste tube
He also carves paper bags out of solid blocks of mahogany, in a series he calls Figureheads. He has named them, which gives each one their own character and personality.
Lucretia
Cesar
Cesar
(he has two sides to his personality)
– Morgan MacLean>>
– Morgan MacLean: Sculptor creates illusions in wood, Los Angeles Times>>