i Flap Not Glide

Type

Sculpture, Painted aluminum, 80x120x80cm , 2014

Artist

Edwin Cheong (b.1973), Singapore

Location

Bedok Residences Level 1, Singapore 

These seven birds of no particular species are the creation of local artist Edwin Cheong, who was trained in architecture.  The birds surely look good with their fanciful wings, but all that they can do is to flap their wings, not glide.  Can’t aesthetics and functionality co-exist?