Off the street in Paris, this cool piece of wire art by Matthieu Robert-Ortis is a play on perspective, with an elephant on one side and a pair of giraffes on another, all the while looking like a fluid line drawing. It’s called La Révolution des Girafes, or “Revolution of the Giraffes.”. Viewed head-on, it looks like a 2D drawing of giraffes, but when you move around to the other side, you might notice something strange start happening to the head of the giraffe on the left, as it transforms slowly into an elephant.
More on the artist’s work can be seen here on his website.
About the Artist
Based in Paris, much of Matthieu’s work is meant to play on different viewpoints:
‘If you are a normal people then you must always see in front of them. Because you can see the ‘real’ shape and idea standing front of you. However, if you are a creative person, you probably could find different angles to explore my works. They are all stereoscopic.’
Revolution of the Giraffes was completely hand-made by Matthieu: you can find progress images here: unlike what some people have believed, this amazing sculpture was not 3D-printed.