Wednesday, February 26, 2014

In the Image of God: Paper Sculpture

Li Hongbo sculpts images we've all seen before, only he doesn't use traditional sculpting material.  He uses paper.  Stacks and stacks and stacks of paper.  These designs are amazingly intricate and gorgeous, and then...then they morph.  Crazy beautiful.

This first video showcases some of the sculptures on display with the museums curators showing us how they "move":



In this one, the artist himself shares a little bit about the origin of his idea and the technique he uses:




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