YOU DON’T EVEN NOTICE ME, DO YOU?
Emma Hack, an Australian body painting artist from Adelaide, has a unique talent for blending bodies into their surroundings. Her style, developed in the early 2000s, draws inspiration from the designs of Florence Broadhurst – particularly her colorful wallpapers, which are reflected in Hack’s paintings.
Hack achieved international fame primarily through her collaboration with the singer Gotye. In the video for “Somebody That You Used To Know,” she transformed him and his partner into living wall patterns, where body and background merge seamlessly. A masterpiece of optical illusion, it demonstrates that the best art is that which reminds us how difficult it is to distinguish truth from illusion.
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