A man with a rooster head piggybacks his son whose head is that of a chick’s. A woman with a parakeet’s head does yoga. These are just some of the creations of Alessandro Gallo, which are included in Intersect Chicago 2020, an art fair which will run through December 5.
Based in Helena, Montana, the Italian artist likens the animalistic features to a mask or caricature. “I combine it with the silent language of our body and the cultural codes of what we wear in order to portray not only a specific individual, but also the larger groups and subcultures they belong to and, ultimately, the common habitat we all share,” he says.
Check out the anthropomorphic sculptures over at Colossal.
(Image Credit: Alessandro Gallo/ Colossal)
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I don't consider these "hybrids". They are human bodies with an animal head stuck on. The quality of the sculpting itself is quite good, but there is no skill in truly merging the differing species. The heads might as well just be masks.
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