Clipmarks | zamanikarmana's 'art' clipshttp://clipmarks.com/clipper/zamanikarmana/tag/art/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/zamanikarmana/tag/art/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-usThe amazing pictures of an artist dangling horizontally out of a skyscraperhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4BBB5248-778D-46B2-AF6E-3A46A2516688/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/zamanikarmana/">zamanikarmana</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits involving his face reflected in mirrors in public places, and photographs of himself crashing into walls and sidewalks.<br/><br/>His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=562561&in_page_id=1770" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=562561&in_page_id=1770">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The amazing pictures of an artist dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits involving his face reflected in mirrors in public places, and photographs of himself crashing into walls and sidewalks. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="greasedLightboxOverlay"><DIV id="greasedLightbox"><IMG width="511" height="455" id="greasedLightboxImage" src="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_01/LiWei9BM_800x711.jpg" /><DIV id="greasedLightboxCaption">Li Wei</DIV></DIV></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/206E8A87-7CE9-46A9-AE6D-5C81E0649BD0.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Li Wei uses props such as metal wires to create his spectacular work</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/E2ED96F1-D265-4433-8E16-BA5E367B45DE.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Wei's photos depict him free falling from tall buildings</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/98651693-EB46-42BA-B038-39BC96241E5D.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>A giant arm appears to save the artist from a spectacular fall</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/37D67A8B-4123-43D2-BC53-5BDD0BBB8729.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The 37-year-old's work has been successful all over the world</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/80268FF9-741F-4D75-872A-6BE81FDF45D1.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Li Wei sees his art as a mission to set the scene for the perfect photograph and a perfect performance</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/C10E9252-4996-46AE-BB68-C9B9B292A22E.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>He specialises in creating the illusion of dangerous reality</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/E596BB61-6B51-4244-8D79-35B8AC790D64.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The artist employs a mix of acrobatics</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/1E5411B1-A7FE-483E-9DC5-3D9667C9F98D.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Wei admits sometimes he is in real danger</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/665E8B9B-DDC7-4424-AF0D-F892FB328148.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The 'jumper' says he aims to go as high as possible with his work</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/EE1044D9-A978-4F17-BDCD-FE594F1D766E.jpg" alt="Li Wei" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Here he appears buried in the ground</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/performance/" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photogr/" rel="tag">photogr</a></div>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=562561&in_page_id=1770Fri, 02 May 2008 10:29:48 GMTPictures On a Few Layers of Glasshttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2610550F-07D3-4966-B992-98A3AC26FAB8/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/zamanikarmana/">zamanikarmana</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://amazingfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/04/guy-create-pictures-on-few-layers-of.html" title="http://amazingfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/04/guy-create-pictures-on-few-layers-of.html">amazingfiltered.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/48E0E7AB-A0F1-484A-B573-DA6C81BFB108.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/E6DA5E05-C44B-485F-90C2-B3489FD822E9.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/19A5F5D3-4CDC-4896-AD9F-4282E043199F.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/9A75A335-486E-48F5-947A-AB447264CE3E.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/760B2D09-DF23-4BF8-85B8-78D13BEED958.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/78E62E73-878F-4045-8367-5E13D3CE8E9D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/21FE3B9E-748C-485A-BA93-E74A76AEE64A.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/BC1656ED-39C0-448A-865C-0421EE63D13C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/zamanikarmana/512/12F0A91F-5A8C-45C3-9106-B2D521ED3D90.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sculpture/" rel="tag">sculpture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/glass/" rel="tag">glass</a></div>http://amazingfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/04/guy-create-pictures-on-few-layers-of.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2007 07:36:15 GMT