It appears so. A Ukrainian artist uses adhesive tape to give shape and color to his pieces.
One of Khaisman's pictures
It’s amazing to realize that these paintings are made out of packing tape, those brown rolls of adhesive tape that are used to wrap packages and seal cardboard boxes. You’ve used it more than once… but surely this is the first time you’ve ever seen works of art made out of this product.
Mark Khaisman, a Ukrainian painter who studied fine arts and architecture in Moscow, has been the first to develop this technique that uses adhesive tape as the sole material to give his paintings shape, color and texture. How does he do it? By superimposing various layers of tape in the right places and always working on a translucent surface laid out over a light source. This is how he manages to create different tones and shades that look like brush strokes.
The photos are from his series TapeWorks, for which he used a transparent, flexible, glass-like base: a Plexiglas light box. Khaisman says he is inspired by, “people, places and things that allow him to reinterpret classic works of art using his medium and his method.” He acknowledges that this technique is limited but he maintains that, as any artist knows, “the more restrictions, the better the results.”
His technique recalls that of another artist, Spaniard Juan Francisco Casas, who makes portraits using nothing but a Bic pen. Both men create works of art that are unique and original from cheap, popular and affordable material we all have at home.
If after seeing Khaisman’s paintings you feel like making one yourself at home… be forewarned that it’s not as easy as it may seem. But we have an alternative to propose that also comes from the world of cellophane. It’s this digital tape that you can use for stenciling, labeling and creating original messages. Its appearance imitates digital labels and it is very easy to use. Just cover the parts you don’t want to read with a black marker and the letters will start to take shape.
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One of Khaisman's pictures
