Dutch artist Levi uses his own skull as a ground 4 art


	Dutch artist Levi uses his own skull as a ground 4 art
syncopath
3-6-2009 11:55 AM
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syncopath says:
it is all in (?) head .. -))
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3-6-2009 1:44 PM
tanyamm
I'd say he was very different.
3-7-2009 3:37 AM
JohnWaterman
There are a couple more of his works here
3-8-2009 2:40 PM
tanyamm
What happens if someone actually wants to hang one of his original pieces on their wall or display it in a niche?
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The 23-year-old artist has made a career out of turning his head into works of art.
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He said he uses his body rather than a canvas because it is 'always available' and is a 'very direct way' to express his ideas.
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His art 'reinterprets the traditional landscape painting, removing plots of grass, clusters of trees, babbling brooks from their intimate two-dimensional formats and transposing them on to the three-dimensional contours of my face,' he added. 
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Some critics describe the Dutch artist's work as 'creepy and horrible' but others think he is a creative genius.
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