Artist Sharing

Through my searching for information about an artist I saw this weekend, I did a bit of research and came across a Paper Alchemy blog that introduced me to this artist. I was so impressed with the work that I wanted to give a nod to this artist as well. I think of him as a sculptor and wanted to share with you all some art that inspires me.

This Danish artist's name is Peter Callesen. What drew me to his work was his humor and technique. How he cuts out the paper and then creates these images to play off of the cut out. One piece has a cowboy with a lasso cut out and then hanging from the picture is the cowboy hung from his own lasso as the positive. It's his understanding and use of material and knowledge of the negative and positive spaces that works it's magic. It has a personality of it's own and even a life. These paper pieces breathe. They have movement and are alive. It's as though when you walked away, the paper came to life and we came back in the room in the middle and they got busted.


The technique is fantastic. So clean and clever. The pristine quality of the white paper and the sculptural feeling of the positive images. The little details that he incorporates into the work is amazing. I look at it and think, I would have SO nipped that little bit off. The small details of bricks and window panes, fantastic.

He does large scale work, which equally fascinates me. I encourage you all to check out his site. Use him as inspiration for your own work.