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Summer Sale 2021

The Walk, Lost in the clouds and Sparkle: three original tape artworks from Max Zorn’s Summer Sale 2021.

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The Walk

The Walk, tape art by Max Zorn: A man in a dark suit and wide-brimmed hat walks among vintage taxis on a brightly lit night-time avenue.
The Walk detail: Taxi roof and illuminated buildings along the crowded avenue.
The Walk detail: The man's face shaded by his dark hat beneath bright theatre lights.
The Walk by Max Zorn. The man and taxi-filled avenue illuminated inside a dark wall-mounted frame.
The Walk by Max Zorn. The framed night-time avenue artwork hangs above a pale sofa beside a houseplant.

Max developed The Walk while preparing an art collection for a museum exhibition. Each version was made from scratch, with the original release note describing about three weeks of work per piece.

Size
120 × 87 cm
Material
Brown and yellow packing tape on acrylic glass
Series
10 similar originals

Lost in the clouds

Lost in the clouds, tape art by Max Zorn: A woman reads with her feet raised beside stacked suitcases and a wide Chicago waterfront skyline.
Oblique view of the reader and Chicago skyline in a pale frame.
Lost in the clouds detail: The woman reads beside stacked vintage suitcases with the skyline beyond.
Lost in the clouds detail: Chicago towers rise above the waterfront beside the reader's outstretched feet.
Lost in the clouds by Max Zorn. The illuminated Chicago waterfront artwork hangs above a pale sofa.

The Chicago skyline is built from differently colored tape and tiny details. Max described each version as taking a little less than a month to create, as he prepared the artwork for its Miami art week debut.

Size
120 × 80 cm
Material
Brown, white, blue and yellow packing tape on acrylic glass
Series
10 similar originals

Sparkle

Sparkle, tape art by Max Zorn: A woman in a short black dress sits with her legs crossed against blurred green, red and yellow city lights.
Sparkle by Max Zorn. The seated woman and coloured night lights illuminated in a dark wall-mounted frame.
Oblique close-up of the dark frame edge beside blurred coloured lights.

Size
50 × 35 cm
Material
Brown, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, red and orange packing tape on acrylic glass
Series
15 similar originals

Making and displaying tape art

Close-up of a black frame corner surrounding an illuminated artwork panel.
Side view of a dark frame beside an illuminated portrait scene.
Empire of Glass by Max Zorn displayed in a black light-box frame, with a man beside a red vintage car on a beach.
Upper edge of a dark frame beside a pale sky and city building.
A woman, red car and New York waterfront displayed as an illuminated triptych.
Side view of a dark frame around a fiery orange artwork scene.
Metal hanging bracket fixed to the back of an artwork frame.

About this release

Can I still buy from this release?

This release is sold out. The page preserves its artwork photographs and details. For current ways to collect directly from Max’s studio, visit Buy original tape art.

Are similar originals prints?

No. Each similar original is made individually by hand from packing tape, with small differences from one artwork to the next. A series size describes the full series, rather than the number offered in this release. See the artwork and collecting FAQs.

How should an illuminated tape artwork be displayed and cared for?

Light passes through the layers of tape, with an LED frame or converted box suited to the artwork. For materials, display conditions and maintenance, read the tape art materials and longevity guide.

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