Kumi Yamashita makes beautiful romantic shadows, if you are stunned by her art you can watch this funny little video, which reveals how she has crafted and created each trompe l'oeil.
I feel truly humbled by her talent. This quote made my mind spin and skip.
"I like looking at the light in the afternoon and watching shadows move. It reminds me that everything is always changing. I like things that do not have concrete form, like clouds, water, shadows, and the kindness of people.
I have been experimenting with light and shadows along with various other media to examine what separates solid and ephemeral, visible and invisible, inner and outer.
One of the issues I focus on is the boundary we create within ourselves by categorizing the world. Through my artwork I wish to remind ourselves of how we preconceive what is around and inside us. Knowledge, ideas, and values are too often accepted without questioning. Can we find a way to evaporate ourselves from a pond and condensate over an ocean? Can we see a common thread that connects all things?"
Kumi Yamashita
