Sylvain Meyer

 

 

 

 

 

Swiss artist Sylvain Meyer creates incredible works of temporary land art using only found materials in nature. From fallen bark, to acorns, leaves and decaying wood, Meyer immortalizes his work though photography.

Sylvain creates both patterns and creatures in his artwork, even delving into anamorphic art using Ying & Yang symbols. The ‘canvas’ for some of his pieces can also be quite breathtaking, especially his pieces with dramatic landscapes like Mont Blanc in the background, or the one on the edge of a cliff.

Meyer takes soil, bed rock, boulders, stones, flowers and leaves and uses them as building blocks for innovative and ephemeral installations. Swirls of yellow leaves contrast a bed of fallen red leaves, creating an interplay between the two colors. The roots of trees are juxtaposed into Surrealist sculptures, with discarded branches built up to create tentacle like arms which radiate from the tree trunk.

Meyer infuses green stream banks with a pop of color, by weaving a blanket of red flowers that rests on a moss-covered boulder. Moss is then used as a medium, covering spider sculptures that the artist has created, a sort of nature taking over art. Meyer’s works can even be as simple as a geometric arrangement of flowers, which are at the mercy of the elements and forest life.

These art installations are particularly spectacular, as Meyer uses elements of nature to draw attention to their natural beauty and arguably making them even more beautiful. Each piece is non-invasive, combining organic and mineral elements already found at each sculptural and installation site, keeping nature in harmony.