Tim Noble and Sue Webster

These two British artists work together on several different types of sculptures. The ones I find most striking are their shadow sculptures.
This piece is Miss Understood and Mr Meanor, 1997. It was made over the course of six months from the artists garbage - the remains of what they survived off of during the time they were making the work. Most of their shadow work, that I've seen, are self portraits.
They have pushed beyond the self portrait as being only representational or abstract. The abstract looking sculpture made from things they used over a course of time becomes representational when a light is cast upon it from a specific spot. They have made themselves from remains, light, and darkness.
I find the work to be striking and incredibly thoughtful. It is related to my idea for our project. I was thinking about using the camera to show things that the eyes can't see and I ended up thinking about things you can't touch. Shadows. They are representations of everything we see, but they are often distorted and constantly changing. I want to look at manipulation of light and objects to create things that are not there.