Artist Research #1

Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a team of artists that take miscellaneous items and trash things and rearrange them. They create sculptures that, when they have light shone upon them create recognizable forms (usually themselves) in their cast shadows.

 SELF IMPOSED MISERY, 2010

1 wooden stepladder, discarded wood, light projector

78.5 x 403.5 x 224 cm (31 x 1587/8 x 883/16 in)

WILD MOOD SWINGS, 2009–10

2 wooden stepladders, discarded wood, light projector

Dimensions:
Tim: 178.5 x 110 x 167 cm (701/4 x 431/4 x 653/4 in)
Sue: 215 x 98.5 x 130 cm (843/5 x 383/4 x 511/5 in)

DOUBLE HEADER 

DOUBLE PLEASURE, 2000

Sex toys, wood, light projector

145 x 54 x 54 cm (57 x 211/4 x 211/4 in)

I think the way they put a bunch of stuff together to create a new image in the shadow is really interesting. It sort of blows my mind that they can create such a precise looking silhouette out of arranging found items. Using 3D elements to create a 2D image is really awesome. Every part of each sculpture is intentional, and I love the relationship between the sculptures themselves and their shadows.