As pervasive as 18-wheelers and delivery trucks are in our way of life, we rarely get to see them transformed into art pieces. We scoured the internet to find you some of the ways artists are transforming the backbone of America to make it more beautiful, or at least more interesting.
This piece, called
Big Rig Jig by Mike Ross, was constructed from two discarded tanker trucks and displayed at Burning Man, an art festival in the Nevada Desert, in 2007. The structure not only towers 42 feet in the air, but is also designed to allow a person to enter through the cab and climb through the tankers to emerge on a platform at the top. An incredible feat of art, engineering, and playground technology rolled into one.
This truck was designed by artist
Vyal, an 18 year veteran of graffiti art, and founder of Graffiti Saved My Life a group that promotes Graffiti art as an alternative to drugs and violence. Though a respected gallery artist, Vyal often gets commissioned to do his work on public spaces, but always with permission taking the stance that “it’s art OR vandalism” not both.
Finally, while this isn’t necessarily a work of art in itself, it’s definitely a statement about art.
Truck Art is a mobile gallery that tours around the U.K. and Europe presenting the art of an artist for a few hours before moving to a new artist in a new town. For larger pictures visit
TruckArt.org and click on past exhibits.
