Shanghai-based artist Hong Yi, also
known as Red, used 750 pair of socks to create a rather unusual sock
portrait of famous Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. Yi, which is
famous for her Coffee Stain Portrait, spent over three weeks on the project and used black, white and grey socks.
Describing her inspiration, the artist said: “When
I first moved to Shanghai, I stumbled upon an old residential alleyway
and saw bamboo sticks poking out of windows with laundry hanging onto
them, waving in the air. To me, that was incredibly beautiful.
And the amazing thing is seeing something so traditional in a modern,
pumping city like Shanghai“
“I ended up using 750 pairs of socks
because shirts were too big and expensive, plus I found an interesting
way to pin the socks together, creating a diamond-shaped piece of skin.”
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