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Pictures: Simon Schubert’s architecture from paper
Staff Writer-
untitled (Berlin Stadtschloß IV), 2010
Cologne-based artist Simon Schubert (born 1976) graduated from the academy of Fine Arts Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (sculpture master class of Professor Irmin Kamp).
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untitled (Berlin Stadtschloß V), 2010
He mentions authors Samuel Beckett and Edgar Allan Poe as his biggest influences.
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untitled (Berlin Stadtschloß VI), 2010
In his paper works Schubert folds and creases the sheets in a technique that adds a plastic quality to the plain paper without any graphical aid.
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untitled (Berlin Stadtschloß I), 2010
Berlin Stadtschloß is a former royal palace in Berlin that was torn down.
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untitled(hallways with mirrors),2010
The paper works are made of plain paper. The papers are entirely folded and uncoloured. The three dimensionality of the picture is a result of a special technique.
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untitled(mirrored hallways),2010
The lines, angles and circles are raised several millimetres as the result of positive and negative folding.
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untitled(mirrored hallways), 2011
Those reliefs change in the interplay of shadow and light and move between two and three dimensionality.
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untitled(mirrors and mirrors),2010
In different lighting, like the changing of daylight, the pictures change from nearly vanishing into an illusion of space and three- dimensionality.
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untitled(staircase with figure)2010
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untitled(stairwell),2010
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untitled(Sternsaal), 2011
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Großes Treppenhaus (rechts), 2011
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Großes Treppenhaus (zentral), 2011
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o.T.(langer Flur), 2011
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o.T.(verspiegeltes Treppenhaus), 2011
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untitled (Berlin Stadtschloß II), 2010
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Simon Schubert creates architectural images by folding paper and creasing sheets.
Photographs © Simon Schubert. For more information, visit www.simonschubert.de
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- Posted 06/05/2012
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