Check This: Hitchcock and Fuller in Sticky Ta...

Check This: Hitchcock and Fuller in Sticky Tape

Category: Film/Movie
Posted 2 months ago by wdweditorial
Credit: http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/03/check-this-hit
When one thinks of great art, there's often the expectation of carefully prepared canvasses, lush materials, and skilled, complex detail. But it doesn't always take a horde of materials to make something impressive -- sometimes all it takes is a little plastic and some brown packing tape. CNN reports that Philly artist Mark Khaisman is taking these seemingly mundane materials and turning them into a series of scenes from Hitchcock films (The 39 Steps and Spellbound) plus a number of glimpses into Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street. The image above -- that's Spellbound. (The rest are housed in a gallery at CNN.) This is nothing more than clear plastic panels and brown, translucent tape. Looking at the shirt -- it's fathomable -- a series of strips that, when laid on top of each other, creates areas of light and shadow. But look at the faces, and most especially, the hair. This isn't just a stained glass-like mosaic -- the artist is a former stained glass designer -- there's tone and depth in each piece. Texture. Props and posters might be cool, but imagine walking into a home theater with a piece like this glowing on the wall. Forget movie ads. I'll take some packing tape art any day. Filed under: Fandom, Images Permalink | Email this | Comments
Related Links: Alfred Hitchcock, Samuel Fuller, Pickup on South Street (1953), Spellbound (1945), The 39 Steps (1935), cinematical.com
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Tags: Spellbound :: Cinematical :: AlfredHitchcock :: Pickup On South Street :: PickupOnSouthStreet :: SamuelFuller :: The 39 Steps :: The39Steps
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