Artist Felice Varini is a master of anamorphic installations. He paints directly on indoor and outdoor spaces such as rooms, stairways, buildings, and more. His work requires that you view it at a specific angle, so that you can see geometric shapes.
Notes about the artist: [1]
Felice Varini was born in 1952 in Locarno, Switzerland. and currently lives in Paris.
[...] The paintings are characterized by a single vantage point from which the viewer can see the complete painting (usually a simple geometric shape such as circle, square, line), while various ‘broken’ fragmented shapes are seen from various other view points. Varini contends that the work exists as a whole — the complete shape as well as the fragments. “My concern,” he says “is what happens outside the vantage point of view.”
1. "Felice Varini." Demischdanant.com. Retrieved on February 10th, 2012. Photos © Felice Varini Link via Myedol
14 Comments
14 Responses to “It is Not Digital, It is Anamorphic Art!”
Feb 11, 2012 1
MC WinkelThat’s interesting!
Feb 19, 2012 2
Misha AliVery Beautiful collection..:)
Feb 20, 2012 3
Mr.LotoThis is truly original idea that I had never seen before, it required precision and inventiveness to practice this kind of art that I consider very interesting.
Greetings
Feb 21, 2012 4
Henry PurcellIt’s pretty but pointless. Is it art? No. It has no spirit. It’s too technical, to the point where it could be mastered by anybody sound of mind. Originality, yes, spirit, no.
Feb 25, 2012 5
Cassie KNo spirit? I’d like to see you try and do this and then claim there’s no “spirit” to it. I suppose you think that Pollock or Klein are “spiritless” artists too, because their work is so repeatable. Besides, art cannot be made completely apart from the culture surround it. Every artist nowadays uses inspiration from where they came from, what they watch on TV, everything. Varini may borrow his initial shapes from pop artists, or some minimalists, but the way he puts his paint on a canvas is so unique to Varini that it becomes his.
Feb 27, 2012 6
NickArt isn’t supposed to have a “point.” It is pretty, and that’s all it needs to be art. The purpose of art is aesthetic appeal and beauty. And this certainly has that.
Feb 22, 2012 7
AllSheWroteI wouldn’t call it spiritless. Art, much like love, is largely about perception and perspective. These pieces are inventive and thought provoking, and although I wouldn’t necessarily want to look at them every single day, I can appreciate the genius behind them.
Feb 22, 2012 8
christianAll that work and design just for it to be visible in only one precise angle?
Feb 22, 2012 9
Kyle HaleThe Mona Lisa’s only viewable from the front.
Feb 23, 2012 10
JNI MattThat is cool! I’d like to see it for real.
Feb 23, 2012 11
Adriana de BarrosThanks for the comments.
Feb 24, 2012 12
dcdegoNeed to show more of the actual pictures taken from a different angle to get the full effect.Google it, to see better pics of how amazing it really is.
Feb 26, 2012 13
barbecueI’d love to have one of these in my home somewhere.
Mar 07, 2012 14
JasonIf you used a laser projection system to “draw” the intended shape then it would be a simple task of tracing the projected shape on the buildings surface.Then painting it in. Plus the illusion would break unless your eyes were at the exact focal point of the projection, squatting or stepping on a box would break the illusion. And tough luck kids or basket ball players.