Artist who "paints" portraits on glass by hitting it with a hammer

70 points - last Sunday at 4:25 PM

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ortusdux last Monday at 4:07 PM
Reminds me of the artist that shipped glass cubes via FedEx, letting the box throwers make the art for him.

https://museemagazine.com/features/2018/10/15/walead-beshty-...

kdheiwns today at 2:29 AM
I've noticed that 2D artists/non-sculptors who engage in strange mediums or techniques generally only make realistic closeup portraits of people. I saw the headline, thought "neat, but I bet he just makes normal expressionless faces." Opened the page and it seems like that's the vast majority of his work. As an artist myself, I'm always like ehhhhh when I see this. Feels a bit like the kind of stuff you see for sale in tourist areas.

The technique is cool though.

simonhamp today at 1:14 AM
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing
rustystump today at 1:26 AM
While interesting, it doesnt feel like it belongs here. Maybe it is the volume these days but more and more the articles are turning into reddit posts.
antirez last Monday at 3:44 PM
Happy for him but this has no real artistic meaning compared to doing it in any other way. Odd to see things like that on HN.