Los Angeles based artist Pei-San Ng creates art by playing with matches.
Passion
This piece was made out of approximately 2,500 matchsticks.
Transformation
This hawk piece was partially burned from claws to head and body.
Temptation
Sneakers
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Henry
awesome
Nov 2nd, 2010
Joel
lotsa fire.
Nov 2nd, 2010
SaraJane
Sweet!
Nov 2nd, 2010
crzyninja
too bad he burned it
Nov 2nd, 2010
jumanicus
wow that would have taken 4ever, love it.
Nov 3rd, 2010
Jiggles
Someone has too much time on their hands
Nov 3rd, 2010
SpiderPig
I Love the way he burned them. Adds to the art tremendously.
Nov 3rd, 2010
Zunny
gym shoes ..love…eagle.. what do matches have to do with those
subjects? As an curiosity interesting , craft maybe ..but not yet art.
Nov 3rd, 2010
Danyell
Jiggles, how is this “too much time on their hands”? When you’re an artist, art is your *job*. I guess this just shows how some people believe in working hard and you don’t.
Nov 3rd, 2010
Seth
I did an art project exactly like this a few years ago.
Nov 3rd, 2010
bita
very nice … I like it …
Nov 3rd, 2010
Cindy Auligny
I love the last pic. It’s charming. Lost a lot of time to create and just 1 minute to burn. Seem to be so crazy.
Nov 3rd, 2010
cycarla
WAAAH!!! Why burn them?!
Nov 3rd, 2010
theUncommon
@cycarla
Looks like he’s pointing out the temporary nature of our modern culture.
@Zunny
They’re all stereotypical American symbols, apart from love, which the artist is showing as a temporary infatuation that will inevitably lead to it’s own destruction. Their self destructive nature is shown by creating them from a material that’s designed to be destroyed in a blaze of glory.
Hmmm… turns out some stuff from that digital art degree has sunk in.
Nov 3rd, 2010
cerulean
@zunny, totally agree. the only one that sort of works as a good concept is burning the dollar sign. pretty symbolic. but burning sneakers or an eagle? it’d just be more interesting if there was more thought put into it.
Nov 3rd, 2010
James Anzalone
“Phil in the circle” does it better with his “goodbye art”
Nov 3rd, 2010
javad
cool
Nov 3rd, 2010
Toasty O's
@zunny and cerulean
I would disagree. It’s like saying that the Mona Lisa is garbage because she has nothing to do with paint. The logic does not work.
I think it is more about the transience of the symbols that we hold so tightly. He could have easily done paintings and set them on fire, but that would not have been as visually striking.
Oh, and if you missed the connection between love and fire than you need to get out of your parents basement.
Nov 3rd, 2010
Chad
@cerulean
Maybe the sneakers represent burning rubber!
Nov 3rd, 2010
Darrell
OK. That eagle is AMAZING!
Nov 3rd, 2010
NiSa ZuL
totally AWESOME!!! love it!
Nov 4th, 2010
Bajo
Dangerous art kkk
Nov 4th, 2010
Kirvi Inci
The love one brings a particular Johnny Cash song to mind. :)
Very creative.
Nov 4th, 2010
timmay
wow i really like this, it must have tooken a long time to make, its really fun to do it with friends too.
Nov 4th, 2010
Jonas
thumbs up for this guy!
Nov 5th, 2010
mea
nice. i love it sooooooooooo much
Nov 7th, 2010
ok
I wonder if Paris Hilton would call this art….”HOT!”…
Nov 12th, 2010
Gunnar
some 1 has way to much time on their hands
Dec 4th, 2010
alox
beautyful job!
but…..?
burning….why?
Feb 6th, 2012