Aldo tolino

by weaving, creasing and tucking the surface of a paper sheet, austrian artist aldo tolino creates geometric mutations of human portraits.

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In his portrait series, the Austrian artist Aldo Tolino deconstructs, folds, reassembles and weaves printed photographs in order to create origami-like sculptural pieces. Tolino then re-photographs the works, converting the pieces back into two-dimensional objects. The disturbing quality of the images may not just be due to the fact that the folded faces appear distorted, disproportional and almost entirely stripped of identity. In their conversion back to a photographic object, these pieces…

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"Trajekt, Transfer, Transformation, Transgression, Transhimalaya, Transistor, Transit, Transkription, Transkulturation, Transsylvanien, Transmission,...

In his portrait series, the Austrian artist Aldo Tolino deconstructs, folds, reassembles and weaves printed photographs in order to create origami-like sculptural pieces. Tolino then re-photographs the works, converting the pieces back into two-dimensional objects. The disturbing quality of the images may not just be due to the fact that the folded faces appear distorted, disproportional and almost entirely stripped of identity. In their conversion back to a photographic object, these pieces…

In his portrait series, the Austrian artist Aldo Tolino deconstructs, folds, reassembles and weaves printed photographs in order to create origami-like sculptural pieces. Tolino then re-photographs the works, converting the pieces back into two-dimensional objects. The disturbing quality of the images may not just be due to the fact that the folded faces appear distorted, disproportional and almost entirely stripped of identity. In their conversion back to a photographic object, these pieces…

Austrian artist Aldo Tolino creates thought-provoking artworks by folding, distorting and deconstructing portraits. More art on the grid via Fubiz

Aldo Tolino

Folded photo portraits into geometric facial sculptures - This series of photographs, by Austrian artist Aldo Tolino, is the outcome of a multi-step creative loop, where the Artist shots a portrait, prints it, then folds it until a brand new facial expression is created before shooting the printed-portrait turned into a sculpture for the final result. Enjoy.