Li Xiaofeng

 
Li Xiaofeng's masterpiece. I wonder where he got all the Song, Ming, etc dynasty plates from.

Most of all - I wonder how he sews the pieces together! What does he use to pierce the porcelain with?



It's interesting, how he gets them to break into pieces that seem to be just right. I wonder how he does it - if he smashes them with a hammer, or throws them onto the floor and picks up the big and nicely broken parts.


Ouch.

Zac Freeman

I came across an artist who is influenced by Chuck Close. He even names his portraits in a similar manner.

Bryan, Zac Freeman, 2007

Detail of Bryan, 2007

He collects junk and pastes it into a piece of cardboard with a hot glue gun.

"I was interested in communicating through visual representation in apparent 2-dimensional space and through the actual objects used for the medium in 3-dimensional space. It is very important to me that I incorporate the actual objects into the art as opposed to a picture or rendition of it because it better expresses the intention of the artwork. I feel the junk is more powerful being present. It is an actual thing to be reckoned with that existed in this time and place and carries energy in and of itself."


I admire his patience and eye for colour and form.

This is like Dadaism, with its use of ready-mades, only in a tribute to art instead of a mockery. The vaguely geometrical shapes of which the head is made up of result in less of a photographic reality but more of a fusion of realism and pop art. Looks like Andy Warhol with texture.