The artist Daniel Bozhkov once made an enormous crop drawing of Larry King by clearing a field of plants in the shape of the famed interviewer's face.

Then he flew a plane over the entire field and filmed his handiwork. When the footage found its way to CNN, they aired it -- during an interview with Friends actor Matthew Perry -- in a moment of eccentric brilliance.

Bozhkov, who also created a cologne dedicated to Ernest Hemingway (Eau d'Ernest, naturally) is back with another project, this time in Berlin. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sigmund Jähn's trip into space (he was the first German to do so), Bozhkov recently renamed Skulpturenpark Sigmund Jähn Park for 7 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes -- the precise amount of time Jähn was in space. He then opened a kebab stand and served kebabs every day for the week of March 16 to 23. The project also involved a life-size sculpture of Jähn, a series of hand-painted billboards, and an elaborate surveillance system.

Bozhkov was born in Bulgaria and is currently living in Italy, where he is a Rome Prize fellow at the American Academy in Rome. His permanent home is New York, and he exhibits at Andrew Kreps Gallery. At once dreamy and cerebral, Bozhkov is an irrepressible force in the art world. And a very original one. --DAVID COGGINS

(Images via andrewkreps.com)

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