Porno + Pretty

Wow!

My bestest Trent in London (who I will be visiting next week, yay!!!) just sent me this link- he was at a dinner with this artist, Tom Gallant- and said he was totally rad.
Seeing what he does, I kind of love him already.  Why not take something so raunchy and make it beautiful???  He's clearly talented with the blade, and has found a nice new medium... anyhow, enjoy the little video..

Check it on CoolHunting:




Living and working in Brussels, Belgium, Tom Gallant creates hand-cut floral prints out of archived pornographic magazines. Using a surgical blade, he cuts into the imagery, layering extremely delicate cut-outs on top of one another to assemble a dramatic visual experience that almost blurs your vision. If you look closely you can see hints of hair, lips, neck and genitalia, but it's the paper's flesh tones and curvature that stand out.

Soft spoken and a self-proclaimed compulsive collector, he describes his work as a visual language "dealing with a private matter in a very public way."


 

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