Monday, January 26, 2009

Olivier Blanckart




Shown here are sculptural "covers" of famous photographs made with adhesive tapes, cardboard, kraft paper, etc. They are done by the French artist Olivier Blanckart. He also produced a series of self-portraits reenacting other famous portraits. Lots of his work can be found here and here.

From top to bottom: The remix Saïgon (d'après Eddie Adams), 1997; Assanuma (d'après Yasushi Nagao, Tokyo 1960), 1998; E Che Homo (d'après Freddy Alborta, 1967), 1999; Andy (d'après R. Avedon), 2002; All image, property of Galerie Loevenbruck.