Vynila, The Queen of Blues Sculpture with Sunoco Guitar (01/100)
$100,000.00
H: 79″ W: 35″ D: 30″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
The creation of renowned French-American multimedia artist and sculptor Pascal Giacomini, Giaco Guitars™ sculptures are uniquely playable works of art highly prized for both their musical and artistic merits. Technically, they are hybrid oil-can, solid body electric guitars.
This spectacular item, “Vynila, The Queen of Blues,” incorporates one of Giacomini’s original guitar sculptures into a much larger work of 3-dimensional art that celebrates the legacy of blues and rock music in a strikingly imaginative figure.
The sculpture is structured to resemble a regal figure, a queen, adorned in a “gown” crafted from layers of vinyl records. Each record is stacked circularly, forming a layered skirt that represents the depth and timelessness of musical history. Metallic discs above the vinyl skirt add a reflective quality, catching light and bringing an element of modernity and shine to the piece. Draped within the records is a shimmering blue-green fabric that adds a sense of movement and elegance, evoking the emotive power of the blues genre.
The torso of the figure is fashioned from a guitar neck, crowned with a mix of cello halves that form shoulders or wings, adding a symphonic quality to the figure. Hanging embellishments from beaded elements accentuate the sculpture, suggesting jewelry or adornments fit for a musical “queen.”
The headpiece of the sculpture is a Giaco Guitar—the Sunoco Guitar (01/100)—featuring a vintage oil can from the 1940s that ties in a classic blues theme and reinforces the idea of an homage to the past. The overall sculpture is a fusion of musical artifacts transformed into a powerful, iconic figure that celebrates the soulful and timeless essence of blues and rock music, embodying the spirit of a “Queen of Blues.”
Specs for the Sunoco Guitar component of this sculpture include:
- Swamp Ash wood resonating chamber assembled under pressure (a signature Giacomini invention)
- Custom shop Telecaster neck
- Lindy Fralin pickups
- Gabriel Tenorio strings
- Hipshot Grip-Lock tuners
- Modified Telecaster gear
- Guitar is plek’d (expertly aligned for optimum playability)
Description
Following the inspiration of his work as an artist and award-winning documentary filmmaking in the slums of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Pascal Giacomini set out on an audacious new experiment: using the material form and aesthetics of vintage American oil cans from the 1940s and 50s to fashion elegant guitars with perfect pitch. This endeavor of “recycling leftovers of American capitalism into art and music” would be remarkable for any artist. But considering that Giacomini neither reads music nor plays an instrument (and is functionally tone deaf), it is an especially stunning undertaking. Each guitar combines a vintage oil can with a proprietary resonating chamber lined with either mahogany or sweetly tonal Swamp Ash wood, custom Telecaster necks and a novel fabrication technique without the use of either glue or nails. The result is a masterwork guitar creation, delivering absolute continuity of sound, with a signature tone, sustain and resonance, and total originality of presentation.
As playable works of musical art, these guitars stand out as perhaps the first significant new hybrid guitar concept since Leo Fender and Les Paul unveiled the solid-body electric guitar around 1950. Each is suspended in a unique mount designed and sculpted by Giacomini from which it can easily be removed to play. The unique flat bases of the guitars allow them to stand freely without a stand in a performance setting or proudly displayed in a home environment. Giaco Guitars are a limited series of up to 100 original, numbered guitars already attracting much attention from leading musicians, guitar aficionados and art collectors alike. Each item in the collection is a one-of-a-kind, impossible to reproduce creation. Each piece is unique. One of the guitars was recently featured in the 2023 exhibition Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and showcased at the famous Guitar Center in Los Angeles on Sunset Boulevard in the summer of 2024.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 28 × 6 × 73 in |
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| Place of Origin | USA |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Materials and Technique | Wood, Metal, Mixed Media, Found Objects |
| Dimensions (metric) | Guitar: Ht: 99cm W: 28cm D: 15 cm Sculpture: Ht: 185cm W: 70cm D: 15cm |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Item Number | Vynila (001/100) |
| Shipping Box Size | Oversized. Call 213-568-3030 or email [email protected] for shipping. |