Flipping over pages in my 'Crazy Art' book written by Chantal Alles I discovered something incredible..
First of all was the work of Mark Khaisman.
Nationality: Ukrainian
Trained: Moscow School of Architecture
After moving to America he gave up architecture and began something a whole lot more exciting and unique.
He was inspired by stained glass..''drawn by the way light illuminated the materials''.
He is a mixed media artist who uses ordinary brown parcel tape to create pictures. By layering strips on top of one another he can create shadow and depth in his work, before applying it to clear Plexiglas and a light box.
This work is so different from any other type of art. The illustrations have a very similar aesthetic to traditional knife painting, with the tape creating thick brush strokes.
More can be seen on his website - www.khaismanstudio.com
Have you ever seen the Bruno Mars video Just The Way You Are?? If not, take a watch below..
The reason for showing this brings me onto my next finding, she comes under the name of Erika Iris Simmons.
Nationality: American
Aka: Iri5
She enjoys to 'take things - random things - and make them into composite art.'
Browsing garage sales and old stores she would search for materials to make her work with, in particular, old audiocassettes and rolls of film. She then recycled these products by making them into fabulous portraits of iconic figures.
GHOST IN THE MACHINE SERIES..
This is made up of over 50 portraits. Using, cutting, shaping and arranging the magnetic tape she generates these drawings of faces. Genius!
She also incorporates the case into the frame as well as transforming the unreeled tape into hair, eyes, mouths.. even musical instruments!
''The Ghost in the Machine series was inspired by some strange ideas,'' she explains. ''How at one level we are cellular beings and at another we are a single 'self.' The single cassette tape I thought of as representing the mind. The tape ribbon represents our thoughts, the data within.''
First of all was the work of Mark Khaisman.
''Few would deny the prosaic qualities of packing tape. However, put the unassuming sticky brown strips in the right hands and they're transformed into a glowing, expressive work of art.''Introduction..
Nationality: Ukrainian
Trained: Moscow School of Architecture
After moving to America he gave up architecture and began something a whole lot more exciting and unique.
He was inspired by stained glass..''drawn by the way light illuminated the materials''.
He is a mixed media artist who uses ordinary brown parcel tape to create pictures. By layering strips on top of one another he can create shadow and depth in his work, before applying it to clear Plexiglas and a light box.
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| ''Did Joey kick your facein, why?'' 2008, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
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| ''Little and kind of skinny she was but real fireball'' 2005, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
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| ''There's a frame missing, buster'' 2008, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
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| ''Get an ambulance, quick!'' 2008, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
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| Lara and Annie 2008, packaging tape on plexiglas, 36x48 |
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| You are nobody but escaped convict 2006, packaging tape on plexiglas, 36x48 |
''THE TWO-INCH TAPE ACTS AS A WIDE BRUSH, AND THE LIGHT BEHIND THE PANELS AS AN ALCHEMIST'S LUMINOUS BLENDING MEDIUM.''
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| Losif, from series Portraits in Red 2009, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
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| Igor, from series Portraits in Red 2009, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
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| Lyudmila, from series Portraits in Red 2009, packing tape on backlit acrylic panel, 36x48 |
More can be seen on his website - www.khaismanstudio.com
Have you ever seen the Bruno Mars video Just The Way You Are?? If not, take a watch below..
''Spare a thought for the audiocassette. Revolutionary when it first appeared in 1963, the tape sank into oblivion when CDs marched onto the scene. Increasingly, however, old audiocassettes are granted a certain retro kudos, viewed as collectors' pieces in much the same way as vintage vinyl.''Introduction..
Nationality: American
Aka: Iri5
She enjoys to 'take things - random things - and make them into composite art.'
Browsing garage sales and old stores she would search for materials to make her work with, in particular, old audiocassettes and rolls of film. She then recycled these products by making them into fabulous portraits of iconic figures.
GHOST IN THE MACHINE SERIES..
This is made up of over 50 portraits. Using, cutting, shaping and arranging the magnetic tape she generates these drawings of faces. Genius!
She also incorporates the case into the frame as well as transforming the unreeled tape into hair, eyes, mouths.. even musical instruments!
''The Ghost in the Machine series was inspired by some strange ideas,'' she explains. ''How at one level we are cellular beings and at another we are a single 'self.' The single cassette tape I thought of as representing the mind. The tape ribbon represents our thoughts, the data within.''
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| Ghost in the Machine - Marilyn's White Dress |
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| Ghost in the Machine - The Beatles |
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| Ghost in the Machine - Fred and Adele |
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| Ghost in the Machine - Debbie Harry of Blondie |
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| Ghost in the Machine - Melora Creager |
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| Ghost in the Machine - The Hendrix Experience |
''THE IDEA COMES FROM A PHRASE (IRONICALLY) COINED BY PHILOSOPHER GILBERT RYLE, A DESCRIPTION OF HOW YOUR SPIRIT LIVES IN YOUR BODY. I IMAGINE WE ARE ALL, LIKE CASSETTES, THOUGHTS WRAPPED UP IN AWKWARD PACKAGING.''
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| Ghost in the Machine - Bob Marley |
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| Ghost in the Machine - John Lennon |
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| Ghost in the Machine - Audrey Graceful |
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| Ghost in the Machine - Paul Griffiths |
Incredible. How can people have such imagination. Thanks for bringing these works of art to my attention.
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