TwistedSifter: Diet Wiegman is a Dutch artist that uses a combination of sculpture and light to create fascinating shadow art projected onto walls. Born in 1944, he began experimenting with light sculptures in the 1980s, inspiring a generation of artists after him to also explore the art style (e.g., Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Kumi Yamashita).
For more artwork by Wiegman, be sure to check out his official site at dietwiegman.tumblr.com/ where you will find all of his light sculptures as well as drawings, paintings, photographs, ceramics and more.
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What?! This was so inspiring!! And completely mind boggling! It is so fascinating the way that he makes art out of junk and turns it into what looks like recklessly arranged junk only to turn it around and make amazingly well formed shadows. I am really interested to know what his process is. It seems like you would start working with the tangible objects first but then it would be more challenging to get the right shadow. I guess you could sort of work with both at the same time. It seems like it would involve a crazy amount of trial and error though. I am also curious how he makes money from them. It seems like quite a hassle to sell someone the object and then have to set it up in their house or where ever for them, but just owning the picture is no where near as cool.
I am also amazed that he (or someone) was able to take such great and clear pictures!! I just worked on a project where i wanted to capture a shadow that I had made on camera, but struggled for quite a while and then finally only got a halfway decent picture. So really this is about three different art forms in one.
I love it when things like this are posted on this page. This type of art is so innovative, unique, and inspiring. I've seen shadow art like this before and am always so blown away by it. There is so much care and time that goes into this art form, and I respect that. It is really cool how, if you look at the sculptures by this artist without the lighting and the shadows, the sculptures are one thing. When the lighting and shadows are added, the art piece completely transforms. This makes me think about the use of lighting and the shadows it creates for all art pieces, not just sculptures. It also makes me more aware of lighting and shadows we may encounter in everyday life, and how those natural (or unnatural) creations are works of art all on their own.
These articles are the reason I love this blog. I often chose articles based on their titles and read the ones that have the most interesting ones, and this article grabbed my attention from the moment I read the title. This shadow art in UNREAL. I am truly inspired by what light and shadow can do. I would never expect objects like these to create a shadow of Michael Jackson, or for the light to paint a gorgeous painting with color and reflection. I actually had some of these photos in my inspiration file already, and I am always perplexed by them. EVERY time I look at them I seem to rediscover the magic in them. i think the shadow art/shadow puppetry in PigPen's "The Old Man and The Old Moon" was my favorite part, and it opened my eyes to the power that lighting has.
That must take an extremely long time, artwork like this is always extremely impressive it clearly took a lot of thought and planning and the execution has to be perfect for it to work. The most clever version of this Ive seen are sculptures that resemble less abstract things, but with light at the right angle is something complete different in shadow. I have always wondered how artists achieve this seemingly impossible feat. Every little protrusion has to be well thought out and the results are marvelous.
I feel like shadows are things we can often times neglect. This piece centers specifically on the shadow itself which is great because it really gets you thinking about shadows and how we seem them everyday and how our interactions with them give off certain moods. The use of shadows in performance pieces is awesome when trying to give a certain mood. Usually, it is seen as scare or suspenseful because it is something ominous and somewhat dangerous. This piece kind of gives off the opposite vibe as it makes you focus on these shadows that have a very unique and fun quirkiness to them and how they are formed and how they work in perspective.
As Issac said this isn't something you can just do overnight. It takes careful calculation to make this work. I think the globe piece is extremely interesting because it uses the luster of the plate and light to make an even more complex piece. I think his greatest challenge is the choice of his materials. If something was to lustrous or the light was not soft enough it would through the entire piece off.
This. Is. So. Cool. I am absolutely fascinated with this art form, and the types of things that can be created. I love the idea of shadows as a medium of art, and what's even more interesting is how abstract the sculptures are that create the very literal shadow images. It's like the artist went into the fears of every child who is afraid of the dark, who sees a monster in the shadow of a bookshelf, and completely took hold of it and made it into something that only "conventional artists" can be afraid of. I wonder what would happen if the lights were moved. Obviously the shadow would change, but I wonder what they would change into, and if this is an idea that could appear on stage. I'm picturing a sort of Oleanna sort of design with the different light sources giving different meaning to the scene by the shadows that they are casting. What if those two ideas were combined and the shadows of the set were what changed the meaning of everything?
I like these pieces a lot. It's neat how so many small, abstract objects can create such a clear image. I really like the reflection pieces, in which the reflections from the crystal/glass creates an image itself. I actually find those more interesting than the shadow images. The necklace dollar sign piece creates a simple projection technique yet it might be unnoticeable to an audience member. I only question the statue of David shadow. It looks as if there are two light sources, and for some reason, it doesn't look like it matches up with the shadow. But the idea overall is quite intriguing.
YESSSSSSSS. These are amazing. Art that involoves light always amazes me. Especially when you take something that at first glance s abstract but when a different naturla medium is applied is transformed into something different! i think its so beautiful and fascinating!
I can see this being applied to sets and costumes having what appears to be a pile of trash on a set actually be someting else when light is casted on it, or a costume with far fetched additions walk across the stage and cast a different shadow. ugh its just amazing.
The difference between the physical sculpture and the shadow it creates is pretty incredible. Both are very creative in their own worlds and it's hard to imagine that what seems to be a very abstract and random composes an beautifully composed piece. I've used light in some of my personal work in different ways, as an attempt to reveal different layers of the work but shadows is an entirely different realm. I can't fathom the amount of time and concentration that it takes to compose both pieces into a common element.
Wow, this is really clever, and quite lovely. I love how the sculptures and the shadows don't look at all alike. the amount of time which must have gone into figuring out the proper angle to make these work is amazing. I would like to know whether the artist starts with an idea of what he wants the shadow to look like, and then creates the sculpture, or whether he begins the sculpture then plays with the lighting to get a shadow. I also like how the artist doesn't just deal with shadows, but with reflections as well.
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