Case Study on Formative Elements of the Shadows in Media Arts

Shadow art is being used as a media of expression of many works of art and is evoking psychological and mental sensibility from viewers. To investigate artistic meaning of shadow, this study analyzed characteristics of shadow as amusement, space expandability, simplicity, and temporality and suggested that shadow is expressing artistic sensibility as a formative element through analysis, and investigated how expression method and concept of shadow are expressed in complex art fields as painting, installation, and media art.