Check This: Hitchcock and Fuller in Sticky Tape
When one thinks of great art, there's often the expectation of carefully prepared canvasses, lush materials, and skilled, complex detail. But it doesn't always take a horde of materials to make something impressive -- sometimes all it takes is a little plastic and some brown packing tape. CNN reports that Philly artist Mark Khaisman is taking these seemingly mundane materials and turning them into a series of scenes from Hitchcock films (The 39 Steps and Spellbound) plus a number of glimpses into Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street. The image above -- that's Spellbound. (The rest are housed in a gallery at CNN.)
This is nothing more than clear plastic panels and brown, translucent tape. Looking at the shirt -- it's fathomable -- a series of strips that, when laid on top of each other, creates areas of light and shadow. But look at the faces, and most especially, the hair. This isn't just a stained glass-like mosaic -- the artist is a former stained glass designer -- there's tone and depth in each piece. Texture.
Props and posters might be cool, but imagine walking into a home theater with a piece like this glowing on the wall. Forget movie ads. I'll take some packing tape art any day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-03-2009 @ 8:17PM
linkplz said...
Have the link for the article? I don't care much for Heroes. I tried finding it on the CNN site but couldn't.
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11-03-2009 @ 8:20PM
Monika said...
Sorry about that link mess. The CNN link has been corrected!
11-05-2009 @ 6:49PM
jim said...
I would like to see a stop motion video of the creation of one of these.
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