Brooklyn, New York-based artist Dustin Yellin preserves three-dimensional photo collages in glass bricks to create what he describes as “frozen cinema.” Some of his more recent works feature landscapes only slightly more dramatic than our own natural and manmade world, often with groups of subjects working together to construct grand machines. Humans unite to build rockets under waterfalls and the sea, while a time machine is secretly constructed underneath a car junkyard. No matter the subject, each work explores our fate within the Anthropocene and the lasting impression we will leave on the Earth. You can see more of his scenes encased in glass on his website and Instagram.
“Unicorn Disc” (2017), Glass, collage, acrylic, resin 16″ x 16″ x 8.25″
Detail of “Unicorn Disc” (2017)
“Building a Rocket Under a Waterfall” (2018), Glass, collage, acrylic, resin, 48.25″ x 17.875″ x 18.75″
Detail of “Building a Rocket Under a Waterfall” (2018)
“Ceremony to Build a Rocket on Floating Disc” (2017), Glass, collage, acrylic, resin, 16″ x 16″ x 8.25″
“Building a Time Machine in Car Mountain” (2017), Glass, collage, acrylic, resin, 15.875″ x 15.875″ x 7.75″
Detail of “Building a Time Machine in Car Mountain” (2017)
Detail of “Group Sisyphus” (2017)
“Group Sisyphus” (2017), Glass, collage, acrylic, resin 16″ x 16″ x 8″
“The Peace of Wild Things” (2018), Glass, collage, acrylic, resin 48.25″ x 18″ x 17.5″
