Summary: Falling Cigarettes Installation

Falling Cigarettes Installation, made by the artist Sydney Kim in 2015, is a unique sculpture made from objects seen as trash to create a masterpiece with an impactful meaning. Kim creates an artwork that is immediately striking to the viewer and causes one to contemplate the message shown from the sculpture. The cascading cigarettes coming from the burnt cigarette case immediately resembled an explosion of some sort taking place; yet it is more than a physical “detonation”, it represents how volatile and impacting cigarettes can be and how easily it can pile up in large numbers. Falling Cigarettes Installation is composed of “found cigarettes and dress pins” that the artist most likely found on the ground, seen to others as trash or waste. The sculpture is about 2 ½ to 3 feet in length and roughly equal in width. A small silver Camel cigarette box serves as the focal point in the top right part of the sculpture; its quality is damaged and it appears to have been burned. Cigarette butts encircle the case and are strategically placed to appear as if they …show more content…
Viewing this specific piece in person helps one view the angles from different perspectives. With just a photograph of the sculpture, one couldn’t recognize the width the pins create by elevating the cigarette butts from the wall rather than just sticking them on flat to the wall. The artwork in this particular gallery was all unique and different in composition; the reason this artwork stood out was because there was a sense of controversy coming from the initial sight yet compelled the viewer to understand the meaning behind the medium. In this sense, the contemporary setting of the gallery helped the sculpture to stand out and cause the viewer to stop and think about its