CHANEL LOVE PINK CRACKLE | Chrome Bag Sculpture | HYPNOTIQ

An original contemporary sculptural artwork by Arian Lori-Amini, known professionally as HYPNOTIQ.
CHANEL LOVE, PINK CRACKLE ON CHROME stacks the word LOVE in crackled pink above a mirror chrome paper bag form. At 6 inches wide it is the broadest work in the designer LOVE series.
The designer LOVE series. Each work stacks the four letters of LOVE, modelled as soft bubble forms, on top of a fully sculpted designer shopping bag. The luxury shopping bag is one of the most efficient status symbols ever designed, recognisable from across a street before any product is seen. HYPNOTIQ turns it into a plinth and sets the word LOVE on top, so what is elevated is the sentiment rather than the label. Companion works in the series are listed individually.
The crackle. A chemical crackle fractures the pink surface as it cures and reveals the white layer beneath. The chemistry, not the artist, decides where the surface splits, so the fissure pattern is unrepeatable and unique to this piece.
Why this one is the highest contrast. The companion crackle piece sits on black, which absorbs. This one sits on unbroken mirror chrome, which throws everything back. Setting a matte, fractured, deliberately damaged looking surface directly above a flawless reflective one is the sharpest material argument in the series.
For the collector. Its extra width makes it sit best on a console, a credenza or a wide shelf rather than a narrow surface. It suits collectors of fashion inspired art and experimental surface work.
Specifications
Dimensions: 13.25 H x 6 W x 4.5 D inches
Material: recycled plastic, hand finished
LOVE letters: pink crackled finish revealing white beneath
Base: mirror chrome sculpted paper bag form
This work is an independent artistic interpretation by HYPNOTIQ, created as a contemporary tribute to the visual language of luxury fashion. It is not produced under licence from, endorsed by, commissioned by, or affiliated with Chanel.
Studio: HYPNOTIQ, Seattle, Washington. Designed, fabricated and hand finished in the artist studio.