Glow Inflatables Ltd particularly enjoys collaborating with artists to produce high-impact installations so we were delighted to work with Bad Art on their Hot Air exhibition.
Curatorial project Bad Art was founded in 2016. Their aim is to ‘challenge the contemporary art world through transgressive exhibitions that offer a different way of interacting with art.’
Hot Air took place at the Manor Place Warehouse in London in July 2021 and consisted entirely of inflatable exhibits. These temporary yet joyful creations represented the fleeting pleasures associated with inflatables yet also celebrated their potential for physical domination.
Glow worked with artist Egle Zvirblyte on Ecstasy Babe, a 3-metre-tall inflatable sculpture holding a Cosmic Lemon with her leg atop a pile of bananas. This striking figure combined cartoon-like stylings with echoes of a blow-up sex doll.
Bruce Asbestos’ Giant Eyeball also created a sense of fantastical proportions to reflect his own unmistakable visual identity. As well as featuring in the Hot Air Exhibition, the Giant Eyeball makes a dramatic impact on Bruce’s own website.
London-based artist Alexandra Searle worked with Glow to create ‘Tongue’, an inflatable work similar to her glass sculpture ‘Cling’. Almost suspended lifelessly on a line, the slightly unnerving inflated tongue hangs limply like a fragile human body part waiting to spring into life.
Glow were also delighted to collaborate with renowned artist Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark on her striking Black Lives Matter fist, representing the power and strength of this recognisable meme.
This fleeting inflatable extravaganza was well-received by all and brought the magical, multi-faceted nature of inflatable art to many who had been previously unaware of their amazing potential.