4 PORTFOLIO & ADV ART - Shamekh Bluwi

Shamekh Bluwi is a Jordanian artist who created paper cut-outs of the outlines of women's clothing, filling the negative space with the scenery surrounding the piece.
I think this artist intended to focus more on the concept of Architecture vs. Fashion Illustrations, but I loved Bluwi's use of negative space! Check it out:

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I think this is interesting because the artist is making real life not only interact with art (which is really mind-blowing in itself), but Bluwi also makes the real life aspect a crucial part in his works, as opposed to keeping 'real life' just an optional accessory/addition to her pieces. In addition, the artist also said he gains most of his inspiration from everyday life--

“The inspiration comes to me while driving around town. It might be a pattern or the shape and structure of a building. I want people to see their surroundings in a different perspective.”

It's also really cool how these collection of designs are not definite-- they will continually change depending on where the work is placed. Chance and/or various backgrounds play a huge role in Shamekh's Bluwi's designs!

For example, take the last picture I added, (#6.. the one above) and compare it to the one below (#7) :

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Both the dresses have the same cutout and subject, but there are obvious and drastic changes in both of the pieces. Almost every aspect in the dress itself is changed; the tone/color palette, the design in the dress, the mood, etc.. It's crazy how heavily these designs depend on the real-life backgrounds they are placed in. 

It kind of relates to what I'm exploring because I also want real-life (specifically, the viewer) to engage in my artwork. Bluwi's work also makes me consider/think about using physical negative space (as in actually deleting the substrate) in my artwork.. It's definitely something that I would like to explore, but at the same time there are so many other branches of negative space I want to research that I don't know if I want to dive into this right now.

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Links:

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/26/fashion-illustration-street-shamekh-al-bluwi_n_7672378.html
• http://wisdomchokeyou.tk/post/137686139663/architecture-vs-fashion-illustrations-by-shamekh-bluwi
• https://www.instagram.com/shamekhbluwi/?hl=en