distorted fragments

28Sep10

This image is from a series by Andy Denzler. This website of ART+ART, a gallery in Moscow, provides a pretty good selection of other works from this series. Don’t mind the Russian…should be easy to spot the Denzler thumbnails. “A look reveals that Denzler like tearing a smooth painting surface that makes the contemplation of […]

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Tags: figure, glimpse

tiny profiles

28Sep10

Little squares of color with precise folds = tiny profile shadows on the wall. Kumi Yamashita executed this concept beautifully. the 40 profiles are of 40 New Mexicans. I’ve been thinking a lot about the different ways to manipulate a shadow onto a wall, this project introduced the idea of subtle folds…if only I was […]

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Tags: light, paper, profile, shadow

minimal materials

27Sep10

Baptiste Debombourg made the following mural out of 35,000 staples. (The piece is titled “Air Force One” and is an image of Icarus.) I love how powerful an image was created with something as mundane and plentiful as staples. found at http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/ from this entry. 

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Tags: figure, minimal, mural, staples

words of

16Sep10

art can be more intuitive than planned. FIRST STEP.thankyou.

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