Photo courtesy of Klein Sun Gallery By Macy Crawford
Staff Writer What admirers may think is a solid sculpture turns out to be stretched out of proportion into a gigantic slinky, and is only the work of a paper sculpture. Paper sculptures were inspired by Chinese toys, lanterns, and festive decoration, but the artist who first made one was named Li Hongbo. “At the beginning, I discovered the flexible nature of paper through Chinese paper toys and paper lanterns;” explains Hongbo, this was what triggered this idea of paper sculptures. Hongbo is an experimental artist who lives in Beijing. His pieces can be found at many museums worldwide but some recent ones include the Ludwigsburg Museum in Germany, the Biennale of Sydney in Australia, and Klein Sun Gallery in New York. Hongbo’s work is made up of many pieces of paper some between 5,000 to 20,000 pieces per sculpture. These papers are soft white pieces, quite thin, that are stacked into each other and stuck together by glue. Once the sculpture is glued down, Hongbo chisels out faces of people giving them life-like feature to make them look more realistic and making them look like stone rather than paper. Hongbo does this so when people see his work they are surprised when they see it move and twist in all different directions. But sometimes these sculptures incredible appearance can have a tough making, Hongbo says that some sculptures take him more than a few months. It’s a very hard process of making sure everything is lined up correctly and can move when handled, but what takes the longest in all paper sculpture is the centre. The centre has to be precise, otherwise the whole sculpture would fall over. The center also is what makes the sculpture twist around and be able to go in all direction. Although Hongbo has many inspirations for his work. Which include wowwing other’s with his work, and changing the game of art with new techniques and skills. Hongbo also does it to prove a point. “People have been fixed understanding of what a human is..So when you transform a person, people will reconsider the nature the nature of objects and the motivation behind the creation. This is what I care about.” explains Hongbo to a reporter. Hongbo is an amazing artist who really thinks outside of the book when it comes to fine art and step out of his comfort zone to do the impossible.
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