Shadow Sculptures - Tim Noble and Sue Webster

James Winkler

04/30/18

ART 233

Professor Burr

Artist Paper

        After careful evaluation of various artists from all around the world, I’ve come to the conclusion of two that stood out the most.  Tim Noble and Sue Webster are the first artists I’ve ever seen that work with shadow sculptures.  I can’t just say one of them because they work together to create some of the most amazing pieces of art.  

        People tend to look at a pile of trash and think nothing of it and move on with their lives.  Even when it’s put together in a certain order, people still wouldn’t look twice at it.  However, when a simple light shines on it at just the right angle and it creates a masterpiece on a simple plain wall.  “The artistic merit of the works finally becomes obvious”.  The shadow creates incredibly detailed images of profiles of the artists, animals and more.  Even the selection of the trash itself lends a deeper meaning to the artwork than a quick glance would tell you.  Even the selection of lends a deeper meaning to the artwork than a quick glance would tell you.

        I find it extremely creative that they use a pile of trash made from the remains of everything that the artists needed to survive for the six months it took them to complete the sculpture that caught my eye.

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In this day and age, everyone around the world is trying to go greener and figure out ways to do so.  The public and audience will be more than inclined to view an artist’s work that truly cares about the environment.  It was difficult to choose an artist that uses waste with their sculpture because so many others do the same is numerous ways.  Except I’ve never seen an artist that has created what I just explained.  I would have never thought an artist could make something useless as beautiful at it is and save the environment at the same time.  There is a great amount of meaning behind their sculpture and a lot of time and hard work goes into the sculptures.  I just hope everyone else in the world can appreciate this type of art and that the artist continues to create new pieces.