Yoo Hyun hand-cuts hyper-realistic portraits from paper.

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An artist with patience, accuracy, and a very steady hand performs a series of portraits on paper hand-cut, achieving true works of art. The Korean artist uses humble tools for their meticulous work including an x-acto knife, household tweezers and large sheets of paper.

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Portrait of Marilyn Monroe is placed on a monochrome background.

Yoo Hyun is like to put in his works movie stars, world leaders, and musicians. His mother sculpts portraits with paper cuts.

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Ongoing work in the picture of Frida Kahlo.

Hyun parts are similar to abstract designs, cutting carefully thin slivers of material widths and various measures which form a pattern of zig-zag tissue building a three-dimensional shape where only a certain distance can see hyper-realistic portraits of parts.

Portrait of Jim Morrison is cut from paper.

Distinct image of Frida Kahlo is revealed in court hand up.

The face of fashion icon and Hollywood starlet Audrey Hepburn is performed on paper.

Because the sectional areas of negative space to allow the image behind the composition may be altered and modified depending on the desired effect, one splatter monochrome painting, one of the most common scenarios hyun  but sometimes drops to strong colors and illuminates the pictures in blue and red. This adds a dynamic quality to the cutting hand composition; holding the perforated image against the body clearly illustrates the scale and magnitude of the work.

You can find Hyun clippings, work in progress and inspirations on your Instagram, @ yoo.hyun.

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