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Balloon Loop — Swan
Project type
Balloon Swan
Date
July 2026
Location
Vancouver, Canada
Artwork ID: BBBA003 Balloon Loop — Swan
Dimensions: 3.5 m W × 0.5 m D × 3.5 m H
Materials: Acrylic paint on aluminum
Year: July 2026
The Swan study extends the Balloon Loop language beyond the four-legged structure of conventional balloon animals. Its identity emerges through an elongated S-shaped neck, a directional beak, and a large wing loop, while conventional anatomical detail and solid volume are removed.
The work demonstrates how a visually continuous line can move between immediate recognition and spatial abstraction. Its open structure frames landscape, light, and viewers, allowing the surrounding environment to become an active part of the sculpture.
Although the Swan remains under structural development, it provides strong evidence that Balloon Loop can function as an extensible sculptural language rather than as a variation of a single animal template.
Swan Loop reduces the image of a swan to a continuous spatial gesture in which line, recognition, movement, and surrounding landscape become inseparable.
