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KUMI YAMASHITA
Caroline Shutt
Kumi Yamashita• Unconventional art• Initially appears disorganized • Different perspectives reveal new things
Kumi Yamashita Stuido. Kumi Yamashita. 29 Apr. 2014. Digital Photo. Facebook. Web. 2 Dec. 2014
Shadow Art
• Aluminum numbers• Light projected from
right• Scattered chaos
without light
Kumi Yamashita. City View. 2003. Aluminum numbers, single light source, shadow. Kumi Yamashita. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
• Cutouts almost invisible
• Sense of movement
• Shadows are ambiguous
Kumi Yamashita. Lovers. 1999. Cut aluminum plate, single light source, shadow. Kumi Yamashita. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
“Nail on the Head”
• Part of Constellation collection
• Portraits of people of all ages
• Appears to be shaded with detail
Kumi Yamashita. Cy. 2011. Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread. Kumi Yamashita. Web. 19 Nov. 2014
• One continuous strand of thread
• The shading depends on thread amount
• Extreme detail
Kumi Yamashita. Mana. 2011. Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread. Kumi Yamashita. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
Bibliography• “Kumi Yamashita’s Shadow Art Creates Stories from Shadows.” Beautiful/
Decay Artist & Design. Sara Barnes, 28 Oct. 2013. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.• “Kumi Yamashita.” BOOOOOOOM. Jeff, 3 Oct. 2010. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.• “Biography.” Kumi Yamashita. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.• “Kumi Yamashita New York, NY Artist—Featured—Installation Artists.”
ArtistADay. 2007. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.• “Mind-Blowing Shadow Art by Kumi Yamashita.” TwistedSifter. 20 May
2012. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.• Landi, Ann "Kumi Yamashita." ARTnews 107.7 (2008): 192 ARTnews. Web.
12 Nov. 2014.
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