korean trompe l’œil public art
July 10, 2008, 5:13 am
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: anamorphic art, art, billboard, caetano ferrer, korea, optical illusion, public art, seoul, street art, tracy lee stum, trees, trompe l'oeil
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: anamorphic art, art, billboard, caetano ferrer, korea, optical illusion, public art, seoul, street art, tracy lee stum, trees, trompe l'oeil
| Maybe trompe l’œil isn’t the right term for these kind of mindbending visuals – optical illusions? They’re still pretty fascinating all the same, especially the 3D anamophic pieces by artist Tracy Lee Stum. Who doesn’t love silly jump poses? If you think about it though, almsot everyone who passes through the spot for a picture must make the same, or similar leaps in in the air.
At that, each piece of public art probably develops an associated collective pose. Like someone struggling under the presumable weight of Noguchi’s Red Cube in Manhattan’s Financial District. Or holler-riding the Wall Street Bull, for example. I guess it’s not a bad thing. |
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kay 2 korean street art
July 10, 2008, 4:13 am
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, ☭☭☭, BLF, busan, china, hongdae, kay 2, korea, south korea, street art, surveillance society
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, ☭☭☭, BLF, busan, china, hongdae, kay 2, korea, south korea, street art, surveillance society
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I came across these sick hyperrealist pieces by Kay 2 in Busan, South Korea today over at wooster. The double orange effect on the left too. I can’t tell of the kid is crying against the wall or hiding and counting. Either one illustrates how Arabic is making me feel right now. A plugholish life-consuming Loch Ness type monster would also do.
And as for Kay 2 I can’t seem to find anything about her/him (zir?) which got me looking for other South Korean street art, and some of this stuff is pretty sweet: |
