Submariner
Original Sculptural Lighting by Bobby Anderson, RVA246
Submariner is a deep-diving alien creature built for exploration.
His body looks engineered for the ocean, although for some reason he still insists on wearing a diving helmet. Built from retired farming equipment, industrial components, and found objects, Submariner hovers above a simple metal base, floating, searching, and moving through an imagined deep-sea world.
His illuminated helmet casts a cool blue-green glow, while perforations around the head allow points of light to escape from within. Fiber-optic antennae rise from the top like sensory feelers, alive with information and flickering signals from somewhere far below the surface.
Around his body, curved metal arms and fin-like forms suggest propulsion, steering, and balance, giving the whole figure a suspended, aquatic motion.
Details
- Title: Submariner (L49)
- Artist: Bobby Anderson, RVA246
- Dimensions: 18" H × 14" W × 9" D
- Medium: Reclaimed metal, found objects, fiber optics, and electric lighting
- Features: Illuminated diving helmet, glowing side ports, fiber-optic antennae, suspended form, sculptural fins
- Base: Metal base with cord switch
- Edition: Original, one-of-one artwork
- Signature: Signed by the artist
Searching Is Exploring
Submariner is part machine, part creature, and part explorer.
His narrow body, floating stance, and glowing helmet give him the feeling of something caught in motion beneath the surface. The reclaimed agricultural parts bring their own history, but here they become fins, limbs, armor, and navigation equipment for an entirely new life.
Turn him on and the soft blue-green light shifts the mood completely, transforming the sculpture into a small beacon from another world.
There is only one Submariner.
