Remarkable And Beautiful Shadow Art

These contemporary or postmodern artists have developed a technique to demonstrate their creativity through working something out of immaterial pieces of metal scraps or, to put it bluntly, junk – and cast awe-inspiring shadows by combining art and illusion – darkness and light.


The Work of Larry Kagan - Is a sculptor who uses steel, light and cast shadow as a creative medium.




Fred Eerdekens. Entering the artistic space of Fred Eerdekens places the spectator in a semantic landscape in which what one had thought of as stable meanings are continually twisted and turned. What better way to figurize this than by letting the spectators themselves 'twist and turn' in trying to make sense of the objects.




Ellis Gallagher produces shadow art at night. In Brooklyn, he heads out on foot or on his bike with a backpack full of chalk, looking for shadows. He has traced everything from bicycles to whole city blocks.




Artist Kumi Yamashita. The Japanese artist creates stunning visual effects with lighting and simple forms, like letters of the alphabet, children's blocks and shoeprints. Yamashita finds the rare balance between beauty and brains.




By Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Some of their notable pieces are made from piles of rubbish collected from London streets. A light is projected against the pile, and the shadow on the wall creates an entirely different image