Transient art such as that created by environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy, and even the beautiful and mysterious sand mandalas made by the Tibetan Lamas of Drepung Loseling Monastery is often quite controversial and certainly leave us feeling awed, mostly by the concept that art can be impermanent.
Recently I discovered another type of transient art, animated sand art.
This video is of Kseniya Simonova, a Ukrainian artist who recently won Ukraine’s version of “America’s Got Talent.” She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and “sand painting” skills to interpret Germany’s invasion and occupation of the Ukraine during WWII. Simply stunning.
