Levi van Veluw has a new self-portrait series out where he replicates landscape paintings on his body. Mr. van Veluw is scheduled to receive deforestation surgery tomorrow. Since his forest is responsible for removing about two tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every day, scientists are deeply concerned about the impact of this deforestation on global warming. There are deep concerns, too, about a community of a not-before-discovered native tribe found just behind his left ear. Last year, scientists also discovered an endangered monkey living in the tree over his left eyebrow. These scientists have put together an ingenious relocation plan for both these indigenous species. All laughing aside, this is a quite remarkable series. From Laughing Squid:
Levi van Veluw´s photo series are self-portraits, drawn and photographed by himself: a one-man-process. His works constitute elemental transfers; modifying the face as object; combining it with other stylistic elements to create a third visual object of great visual impact. The work you see therefore is not a portrait, but an information-rich image of colour, form, texture, and content. The image contains the history of a short creative process, with the artist shifting between the entities of subject and object. How many gardeners does he use to keep himself manicured?
Via Behance.Net – see more of van Veluw’s incredible work there! “The Scallion” is our new weekly column (sometimes twice a week, sometimes once every other week) written in the spirit of “just having fun.” Now, don’t roll out of your chair laughing!