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.

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