Dinosaur skeletons made from plastic chairs

Sculptor Brian Jungen builds eerily cool dinosaur skeletons out of cut-up stacking plastic lawn chairs. Link (via Make)

[#1 posted by Will , February 22, 2008 11:11 AM]

Don'tcha mean whale skeletons? I thought the title "Cetology" was a dead giveaway.

[#2 posted by DrSnugglebunny , February 22, 2008 11:43 AM]

Oops! Yeah that pic is of a whale skeleton. I'm a biologist, not a whale biologist, but I know that much, as I am at least known to study dinosaurs.

[#3 posted by PeterMan , February 22, 2008 11:47 AM]

This artist is very famous in Canada having won numerous awards. Yes that is a whale skeleton. You might also see his masks made of Nike footwear.

[#4 posted by Moon , February 22, 2008 12:03 PM]

He didn't have enough Legos?

[#5 posted by Nicksy , February 22, 2008 12:08 PM]

Not to be snarky, but like was mentioned, he recreates native canadian art from mass produced goods, not merely skeletons of dinosaurs.

[#6 posted by godisafiction , February 22, 2008 12:42 PM]

"Sculpton?"

[#7 posted by joelf , February 22, 2008 1:08 PM]

It is definitely a whale skeleton. I saw the works at the Vancouver Art Gallery last year, I'm guessing they're life sized too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jungen

[#8 posted by Chris Empey , February 22, 2008 1:15 PM]

I was just at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa this past weekend. They have two of his sculptures on display there. The pieces look very good. You don't see the chairs at first.

http://www.gallery.ca

[#9 posted by Graham Threat , February 22, 2008 1:54 PM]

I'm from Ottawa, and as Chris above me said, we have two of his pieces here. You REALLY REALLY REALLY need to see these upclose to appreciate the magnitude, and complexity of the pieces.

[#10 posted by progosk , February 22, 2008 2:59 PM]

(lawn chairs are everywhere, they're everywhere...)

[#11 posted by pancakeopticon , February 23, 2008 10:21 AM]

I am almost certain that there are only whale skeletons in this series. I've never heard of a dinosaur skeleton. Part of the significance of the sculptures being whales is that they are made from petroleum based plastic chairs, and, if I remember Moby Dick correctly, whale hunting was historically driven by the value of their oil.

I saw 3 of them in Montreal a couple of summers ago, and, yes, they are best appreciated in person.

[#12 posted by Emma , February 24, 2008 8:54 AM]

This sculpture is at the Royal Ontario Museum right now - I was staring at it for minutes before I realized what it was made of. It's quite beautiful, and HUGE!