"DEVILISH SIREN SITTING ON THE DOCK OR TROUBLE COMES IN THREES-IMPALED" Sculpture

Some of the locals say that J J Cuper was born in Bilbao in the 50s, though not all seem to be aware of that fact. As a child he lived in Iturribide, as an adult he lived in France, which he has since left. His parents studied medicine and pharmacy whilst he developed his career in Sarriko (upv euskadi) coinciding with the dawn of democracy in Spain.He married Miss Martiatu and has two good sons who have not turned out to be snobs. He worked as an employee of several companies, none of which filed complaints against him but with whom he did not become rich. During his tender youth art was coursing in his veins but he hardly expressed it until now in the autumn of his life.His work is different, idiosyncratic sculptures, some of which are intelligent, others normal.With a change of perspective, with serendipity, a new style is born.With the other there is an abyss.The denomination MAPS describes its definition:(Moving, Audible, Personalizable Serendipity)MAPS (Moving, Audible, Personalizable Serendipity)JJCUPER represents a new trend whose intention is that the observer/owner participates in the work. The owner is confronted with a personalized and changing creation which he or she may modify as time goes by and which is based on humour and irreverence: Lets make the studious seem simple, the complex natural and art a little more normal. I would like to unite art and poetry with the sensorial. Let the intellectual be more approachable and art a little more of a daily occurrence.His sculptures, small in size, are made from natural wood and incorporate varied materials and objects from daily life, which are given another meaning in their new context: from a clip or an earring to magnets or solar powered micro-motors. These ingredients allow the sculpture to smell, change colour or produce sound and have moveable and interchangeable elements, which transform the overall perception of the work to the extent that the user activates them.In this line of maximum personalization the purchaser may incorporate his or her preferred objects, photos, memory-jolting or identity-recording artefacts in what is transformed into the owners own sculpture, placing the authors original idea in harmony with the personal style and world of the user/receiver.Each piece is unique and unrepeatable, based on an idea or a feeling that the author wishes to communicate. Each sculpture has its individual microchip which identifies the piece and constitutes its DNA