Plywood, sheet metal, Plexiglas, glitter, LED and incandescent lights
“This sculpture is a series of differing components with programmed blinking and animated colorful lighting. Exploring the aesthetic of a traveling carnival, the piece encompasses viewers in a nostalgic blanket of electric joy.”
— Scott Pennington
About the artist
Scott Pennington
American
Scott Pennington is a Baltimore-based artist specializing in large-scale participatory installation and sculptural assemblage works. Drawing upon his background as a furniture and cabinet-maker, Pennington utilizes woodworking and construction techniques to create colorful, detailed works of art that engage varied audiences and invigorate public spaces. Pennington’s work suggests a tangible, yet illusory reality that examines labor, consumer culture, and the pursuit of simple pleasures, and the construction of nostalgic human connections both genuine and fictitious.
