When I was in La Jolla, there were galleries all over the place. Most of them were closed , but one smaller gallery called Salazar's was open, so I stopped in for a little bit. It wasn't a huge place, but it was nice. They had these awesome pieces by Yim Choon Lee that are called tearing art.
There's a whole process to these pieces. First, the artist paints on both sides of the canvas. Then, he makes a paper collage for the backing. He then proceeds to cut areas of the canvas very intentionally so that there are multiple strands. He twists these strands so that the viewer sees mostly the front painting on the canvas, but also where it's twisted they can see the back painting, and the paper collage in the spaces between the twisted strands. It makes for some very fascinating pieces.
He mentioned in his artist statement how part of his inspiration was the desire to capture the way the wind moved through bamboo leaves in a piece of art. It's crazy because that is such a difficult idea to capture, but I think this method does a pretty good job. Although his pieces are evolving away from that idea into other concepts, so the colors and forms don't quite seem like leaves anymore. Still, I think it's pretty impressive.
Check out his site here.
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