Video: Sculptures that stretch and bend. Paper masterpieces by Chinese author Li Hongbo
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Snow-white sculptures by a Chinese author Li Hongbo hardly seem interesting and original to the one who sees them for the first time. Such plaster figurines are used in art schools, teaching beginners the basics of fine art. But stay longer at the stand with the works of this talented Chinese, because they are not as simple as they seem. The sculptor does not work with plaster, but with white paper, and his paper sculptures from the series Pure white paper can stretch and bend like accordion bellows. The author keeps the secret of his know-how in secret, but if you look closely at the sculptures, when they are stretched, bent and twisted, you will notice that they consist of thousands of thin white leaves firmly connected to each other. Li Hongbo uses a special "rubber" glue commonly used to make traditional Chinese soft paper toys. By the way, these toys inspired the sculptor to create the Pure White Paper art project.
Children love to watch how a flat paper box suddenly stretches for several meters, turning into a snake, dragon or caterpillar. You can't surprise adults with caterpillars anymore, says Li Hongbo, so they need something more serious. Therefore, his sculptures are not flat boxes, but "full-size" statues, practically indistinguishable from ordinary sculptures. But it is worth pulling such a sculpture by the protruding parts, as it will begin to stretch, deforming amusingly, but at the same time remaining a solid object. You can play with such an accordion endlessly, the sculpture will not deteriorate, except that the paper can not withstand active actions, and at some point fail.
A series of flexible paper sculptures by the talented author - busts and full-size figures of people, skulls and limbs, as well as fictional creatures that defy classification. You can see Lee Hongbo's work on the Australian Dominik Mersch Gallery website.
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