World’s Largest Boxing Gloves Ready for Las Vegas
Deadline:
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Great, that’s what Las Vegas and boxing is all about. After all, Las Vegas is boxing
Capitol of the world and the city of “giant shrimp”. So why not a boxing?
monument and interactive museum dedicated to boxing and everywhere Las
Vegas. Artist / designer Paul-Felix Montez has created both in his new series of
monumental sculptural works of art “The Monuments of Las Vegas”. In this series his
boxing museum and sculpture “Los Guantes”, of two boxing gloves, a mold
stainless steel, the other cast bronze, vertically stacked and 70 feet high,
will bring a new urban and pop aesthetic to the city. These would also be the
The most expensive boxing gloves of all time, considering its size and that’s pure Vegas,
also.
Vegas now lives for “Bling” and upscale style with high-end condos, designer stores,
the state of shopping and five-star dining are now commonplace at “New Vegas
strip. “These 21st century works of art, along with interactive mini-museums,
that instantly show digital movie clips of all boxers past, present and future, their
bigger fights, personal backgrounds and more, on large plasma screens in the
touch of any button on the viewfinder. This sculptures along with the others in his series of
Five monuments take the history of Las Vegas and turn it into new urban icons.
Starting from their past and present, each one is a giant monument to a different facet in
city life. A monumnet is made up of four “dice sticks”, each crisscrossed.
others at 70 feet tall, others are two large microphones by classic artists from the 1960s
over a pond of reflection. Part of Las Vegas history and definitely new art
It works, each one takes Las Vegas into its future and its new urban lifestyle culture.
Mr. Montez studied art and design at the High School of Art & Design and the
Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture. It has been designed for more than 30 years,
theater, movie sets and special sculptural accessories, for movies like: “Batman Forever,
Congo, Indian in the closet (a 35-foot-long boy’s slipper and a
baseball, both in 100 percent detail for this movie), Showgirls (Volcanic sets), Men in
Black, Cable Guy, Armaggedon (An Angry Meteor) and many others. ”
designed for theme parks (Disney and Universal), themed retail stores (Warner Bros,
and Universal) and casinos in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the world.
Visit their website for a full picture – architectural photos and models available.
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