Packing Tape Art

We have something of an obsession with artists creating art from strange materials like chicken fence wire, gunpowder, cardboard and clothes hangers.

Kiev-born, Mark Khaisman, though, wins the award for most mundane art material ever - brown packing tape. Surprising drama is crafted with carefully applied layers of tape on Plexiglas, suffused with light from behind. The above painting, "Space of Suspense #4", measures 48"x36". Most of Khaisman's work is in this size range.

Here are a few more of my favorite pieces from Mark's collection (after the jump).