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Music. Daily. Young Artist Takes Surreal Self-Portraits to Express Emotions. The mind can create all kinds of strange scenarios when we are asleep.
In this series entitled Surreal-ity, photographer Kylie Woon brings those mind-bending stories and dreamy scenes to life. Conveying all kinds of dramatic emotions, including loss, fear, anger, and restlessness, Woon creates self-portraits where she floats, flips, and flies across each frame in seemingly impossible arrangements. The artist says her life has always flip-flopped between being obsessed with the small things in life versus being able to see the bigger, grander picture. She compares her experiences to photography and the idea of being zoomed in and zoomed out. She says, "When I am zoomed in, everything in the universe is dark except for the inside of my head.
Much like artist Sebastian Eriksson, Woon's passion for life, her emotional struggles, and her desire to feel all of the happy and sad emotions that come with life are evident in her work. Kylie Woon's website via [Ian Brooks] A Cloud House: On Battles with Shyness. When I was a little, I was painfully shy.
Disliking the sound of my own voice, I kept quiet, and imagination was my retreat (safe and warm). I loved to draw pictures. I was always drawing. Within my pictures, vivid stories roared with life, but I was too shy to share any of it. So I kept my drawings hidden, stashed under the couch or within the pages of books where no-one could see.
I envied louder kids, who laughed freely and were heard. Fast forward to 2010. Then, little by little, I grew braver. Fast forward (again) to present day... so much of the shyness that was my childhood is gone. The funny thing is, I never became 'loud'. In our own ways, we all try to share ourselves. Small breakthrough moment? This is when I realised that overcoming shyness was never about screaming loud. I fed my creativity, and it in turn gifted me with confidence I never had. What I mean to say is, if you are shy, if you feel like you can’t connect, don’t be down, and don't hide. Invisible Man artist pays personal tribute to 911 victims as he blends into the surroundings in front of Freedom Tower.
By Graham Smith Published: 11:26 GMT, 21 March 2012 | Updated: 12:30 GMT, 21 March 2012 An artist known as the Invisible Man strikes again as he blends into his surroundings at Ground Zero.
Liu Bolin, from China, painted himself from head-to-toe to become suitably camouflaged in front of Freedom Tower, where the Twin Towers once stood, in New York. The work is dedicated to the memory of those killed in America's worst terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Invisible man: Chinese artist Liu Bolin, painted from head-to-toe, stands suitably camouflaged in front of Freedom Tower, where the Twin Towers once stood, in New York. Memorial: In this work called Tiles For America, Liu blends into a wall paying tribute to those who lost their lives on 911 Blink and you'll miss him: Liu stands in front of shelves heaving with toy pandas Hiding In New York, his latest exhibition, has just opened at the Eli Klein Gallery in the city. A model poses for Liu in this piece called Missoni.