A Little Shout-Out
I try to avoid stealing blog ideas, but I'm about to make an exception. Recently, the great Jamiesmitten linked to Goodbye Art by Phil Hansen. This guy is fantastic. Basically, he makes temporary art and then destroys it. In addition to photos documenting his art, he also has videos showing how he made it.
Here's his portrait of Amy Winehouse, which he carved from frozen red wine, filled in with frozen white wine, then melted:
And here's his portrait of a self-immolating Buddhist monk, which he made from Oreo cookies:
Many, many thanks to Jamiesmitten for introducing me to this guy!
Here's his portrait of Amy Winehouse, which he carved from frozen red wine, filled in with frozen white wine, then melted:
And here's his portrait of a self-immolating Buddhist monk, which he made from Oreo cookies:
Many, many thanks to Jamiesmitten for introducing me to this guy!
11 Comments:
what an interesting concept. Neat.
By Anonymous, At January 30, 2008 at 8:11 PM
I thought I saw the Virgin Mary in there.
By M@, At January 30, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I'm afraid I find the second one rather disturbing.
Puss
By Glamourpuss, At January 31, 2008 at 7:15 AM
of cours you did m@
By Nosjunkie, At January 31, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Both of them are rather disturbing...like AW melting-eh..yeah.
I wonder if he ate the oreos afterward?
By Claudia , At January 31, 2008 at 12:52 PM
How interesting.
By The CEO, At January 31, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Reflecting Pool-
I love the impermanence of it.
Matt-
In the wine or the oreos?
Puss-
Fair point, although I like something sweet being used to construct something bitter, you know?
Claudia-
I don't think he did. Another one of his pieces was a portrait of Britney Spears constructed entirely out of chewed-up Starbucks pastries.
CEO-
...and disturbing.
By Crankster, At February 1, 2008 at 2:08 PM
I once watched Tibetan monks build a sand painting which was incredibly beautiful. Then, with many of us in tow, they carried it to the nearest body of water and threw it in after giving all who wanted it a bit of colored sand from the painting.
I still have mine in a little jar.
By heartinsanfrancisco, At February 1, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Hmmm, I dunno, it actually feels like a trivialisation.
Puss
By Glamourpuss, At February 2, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Glad you enjoyed Goodbye Art as much as I do, Cranks. His real-life cheese log still makes me giggle.
By JamieSmitten, At February 5, 2008 at 7:14 AM
Hearts-
I saw a similar thing once. It was amazingly beautiful, and the monks were actually really funny people. Deliberately so, I think.
Puss-
I don't think that was the artist's intention. Regardless, though, I think it throws something in your face and makes you deal with it, which strikes me as the purpose of art.
Jamiesmitten-
I couldn't help wondering how long the fake cheese was going to stay there!
By Crankster, At February 8, 2008 at 9:10 AM
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