A simple coffee cup made of cardboard is converted into a work of art in the hands of South Korean artist Soo Min Kim. The young artist uses the white Starbucks cup as a canvas and modifies the green logo of the brand’s famous mermaid, who becomes different characters: from one of the Beatles on the famous cover of Abbey Road to the South Korean rapper PSY, Jason Bourne, or Deadpool.
Soo Min Kim – who describes himself as an “artist in the cardboard cups” – not only shares photographs of the finished artworks but also shoots videos where his work process is shown in detail. With a white paint, he erases part of the logo of the famous cafeteria and then, he takes a green pen, a paper cutter and a pair of scissors, and using the face of the mermaid as a base, transforms it into instantly recognizable characters.
So, next time you are served a drink in a plastic or cardboard cup, feel lucky because probably someday these cups could be part of a museum exposition of “cup art”. Check out some of Soo Min Kim’s creations below.
