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Shadow Knives: Silhouette Artwork Cut from Butcher Knives by Li Hongbo
Cheetah, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014
Artist Li Hongbo, whose flexible paper sculptures we’ve admired many times here on Colossal, recently created a new series of silhouette artworks as part of a solo show at Contemporary by Angela Li in Hong Kong. Each piece is delicately cut from the knife leaving a complementary negative space from which it appears to rise. Hongbo says the pieces are meant as a warning, that “human beings will eventually destroy themselves because of their gluttony and their abuse of animals.” If you liked this technique, also check out paper sculptures by Peter Callesen.
Wasteland, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014
Gaze, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014
Hawk, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014
Hunting, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014
Lotus Pond, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014
Bones of a Snake, Metal, 200 x 38 x 9 cm, 2014
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