London-trained Danish artist Peter Callesen draws, performs and creates site-specific sculptures. I’m most intrigued by his papercut works, which range from small A4-sized pieces to room-scaled installations whose impeccable craftsmanship and dream-like forms reference the romanticism of traditional fairy tales.
Above, Fire Escape Unable to Escape Fire and detail; below, Mirage III and detail.
These are mind blowing. How do you take the “vocab” of cut paper and pop-up and making it elegant and mysterious.
Comment by justforview — June 4, 2008 @ 11:57 am
I’m a big fan of scherenschnitte, but Callesen’s work is on a whole other level. The imagery references magical themes, and his medium is certainly magical to me. His large-scale papercuts are even more mind-blowing, I think.
Comment by visualingual — June 4, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
then you might enjoy this…
http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/09/13/13:26:26/
Comment by Matt — June 4, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
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