robot theme park the story of one transformers fan + 600 scrap art sculptures

chinese artist zhu kefeng’s personal project of creating transformers-like scrap art sculptures has now become a government-protected public theme park image courtesy xinhuanet

with a team of friends, chinese artist zhu kefeng has spent ten years constructing giant robots out of scrap metal and recycled steel and iron, and 600 of their creations are now publicly viewable in the ‘mr. iron robot’* sculpture park officially opened on march 20th, 2012 in an old abandoned factory.

originally using scrap automobile parts to reconstruct car models, zhu began creating more original and transformers-influenced assemblages over the past several years. in 2010, zhu sold his apartment in shanghai and put the money from the sale and his own art commissions towards opening ‘mr. iron robot’ in jiaxing city. 600 supersize robots are on display in indoor spaces and outdoor plazas throughout the 225-hectare (0.9 sq. mi) park. among the replicas of cartoon favourites like optimus prime and megatron is a robot theme gallery that showcases the history of civilization from the stone age to the 21st century.

*EDITOR’S NOTE: at time of writing it is unclear whether the name is offically ‘mr. iron robert’ or ‘mr. iron robot’.

various perspectives on one of zhu kefeng’s creations image courtesy kotaku

many robots are based on hasbro’s transformers, but other are human-like, or in one gallery showcase the history of civilization image courtesy xinhuanet

kefeng at work on a robot

zhu kefeng poses with one of his robots image courtesy stomp

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