All images © Kiko Miyares
Typically, one avoids getting “caught like a deer in headlights,” but for Kiko Miyares, that’s the whole point. Chiseled from single pieces of timber, the Llanes, Spain-based artist fashions miniature, colorful cars with the high-beams turned on and an array of landscapes and tableaux in their sights.
“I immerse myself in a creative game where shapes, dimensions, and perspective intertwine to challenge expectations,” Miyares says.
The artist often experiments perception, carving wood into a wide range of objects like shoes, animals, and figures with elongated, surreal features. Miyares’ inspiration for the yellow headlights was sparked “from my fascination with the convergence of art and functionality,” he says. “My goal is to go beyond the conventional, merging aesthetics with utility and exploring how form can influence perception.”
Distinctively long, solid lights serve as the pieces’ supports, which can be propped up into slender columns as if they are driving straight toward the ground. “The car series still has no end, and depending on the creative moment, I keep modifying the concept,” Miyares says.
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