Mysterious Shadow People (6 total) City View Kumi Yamashita has a secret power. She can place wood or metal objects in just the right light to make mysterious shadow people show their true selves. The genius of it all lies in the fact that without the lighting and shadows the objects would never give away her secret. These surprising silhouettes only come out when beckoned to do so. After being completely blown away by artist Kumi Yamashita's mysterious shadow people, I had to get in touch with her. "In my work I find shadow to be the essence of human being and of everything else in the world that most of us don’t recognize.
Above: The numbers scattered on the wall, lit from the right, cast a silhouette of a woman. Glider The thin metal object on the wall casts the silhouette of a girl when lit from above. Lovers Created by aluminum sheet, light, and cast shadow, the two silhouettes are connected together when lit. Feather Profile The number and the alphabet blocks, lit from the left, cast a silhouette of a man's profile. Clouds. Staples Art | Fubiz? Un superbe travail de l’artiste français Baptiste Debombourg créant des œuvres d’art très impressionnantes avec l’utilisation de plus de 35 000 agrafes. Des fresques sur mur intitulées Air Force One et Air Force Two. Plus de détails et d’images dans la suite. Rainbow Thread Art (8 pics) Though we can appreciate Gabriel Dawe's beautiful thread art by just looking at these pictures, we're certain that these photos will never quite do them justice. In fact, we can imagine ourselves walking around these rainbow prisms and just getting lost.
I asked Dawe to tell us what he hoped others got out of his artwork including what they represent. "Conceptually, these works are about the human need for shelter," he tells us. "Fashion and architecture have many functions, but one thing they both share is that they protect us from the elements. I'm taking the main material that clothing is made out of—thread—to make an architectural structure. By reversing scale and material in this way, I end up with a structure that I see as symbolic of the social constructions humans need to survive as a species. "Ultimately, what I want to give the viewers is an experience with light and color.
Read the rest of our interview with Dawe below. What are some of your favorite installations and why?