Stunning Street Art Portraits Made Of Packing Tape By Max Zorn (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Not since Scotch debuted double stick has HuffPost Arts been so excited about tape.

Max Zorn, a street artist based in Amsterdam, creates haunting, sharp, and cinematic portraits using only packing tape. His masterful workings of light and shadow make you forget how limiting his materials are and embrace the medium for all its possibilities. Check out this video of Zorn at work and see a selection of his sticky masterpieces below.

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[asykes3]

10:39 AM on 04/27/2012

He's got a new making of video out of the NYC skyline, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrnI8gd2Da0

[Angel mama]

01:46 PM on 01/10/2012

Look up MONA SUPERHERO from Portland, OR - best duct tape artist in America!!!!!

[nofishgofish]

06:57 PM on 01/10/2012

You're right. And she's been working her magic on canvas for more than a decade in Portland. Her portraits are astounding and this article should have been about her. Max Zorn is very good but Ms. Superhero took medium to it's conclusion. Here's the link in case anybody would like to see her work: http://monasuperhero.com/

[Whitney Wonders]

12:42 PM on 01/10/2012

That is very impressive. Just beautiful.

[capt ayhab]

12:03 PM on 01/10/2012

That is simply amazing.

[Parade Keegan]

11:51 AM on 01/10/2012

Fantastic.

[Micah J Femino]

11:19 AM on 01/10/2012

"That can't be tape, right?" - Wait, so it IS tape? Oh man, you got me! What a stupid link title. Who would have thought that it WOULD be tape? You said "That can't be tape, right" - well, golly!

[kcinpa]

11:45 AM on 01/10/2012

lol!

[no exit]

11:15 AM on 01/10/2012

Genius and creativity - what a gift!

[sibyl9]

11:08 AM on 01/10/2012

Very cool.

[Lahonda]

10:56 AM on 01/10/2012

A-mazing!

[CTSnowman]

10:44 AM on 01/10/2012

Wow

[David Keith]

10:24 AM on 01/10/2012

That's some of the most beautiful art I've seen in ages. Delightful! What great skill this artist has!

[DevonTexas]

10:20 AM on 01/10/2012

Rembrant is back and brought tape and a scalpel this time.

[Nelson Montana]

10:02 AM on 01/10/2012

Creativity finds a way. No degree needed. Fantastic work.

[rjhuntington]

09:43 AM on 01/10/2012

Wow, just wow. Amazing talent. Awesome art.

[KIVPossum]

09:24 AM on 01/10/2012

Nice stuff