#tanyaschultz

Pip & Pop is also known as the Australian artist Tanya Schultz, whose practice ranges from installation and painting to wall-work and sculpture. Pip & Pop grew from her long-term collaboration with fellow artist Nicole Andrejevic and Tanya has continued their practice to create ever-more ambitious worlds. She works using fine sand, sugar, origami, plastic figures, glitter, lights and found objects to create intricate, gloriously technicoloured worlds.

http://www.nncontemporaryart.org/exhibitions/pip-pop/

“I was inspired by creation myths, stories about the beginning of the world from different cultures. I also love stories about paradise and utopia, particularly the mythologies about lands made of food.”

...Pip and Pop’s artistic method involves carefully funneling sugar to create intricate, brightly coloured 'worlds'. These are then bolstered with various objects, including pipe cleaners, whizzing spheres, handcrafted ‘flowers’ and tiny light bulbs. A fun colour pallete and an underpinning idea of fantasy are both prevalent themes in Pip and Pop's works, each of her 'worlds' always containing a hidden surprise to act as a subtle narrative device.