Alessandro gallo is an artist who creates haunting and disturbing sculptures, mixing human bodies with animal heads. The result is so realistic that it provokes shocking emotions in the viewer.
It is very rare to see the body of a mature woman practicing a yoga pose, but with the head of an Australian parakeet.
The same strange sensation is the one you feel when you see the sculpture that has a head of donkey and body of a young man, who is entertained by checking his cell phone.
That strange feeling in the viewer, his Instagram account achieves it by making the sculptures with very realistic poses. Even facial features can be seen on the animals’ faces, such as surprise, boredom, or surprise.
The sculptures are so realistic that some of the creatures have very elaborate tattoos on their arms and backs. Even if you pay attention, you can see tiny veins on the creatures’ legs and hands.
And if all of the above were not spectacular enough for you to decide to enter Alessandro Gallo’s portfolio, he “dresses”To his sculptures with clothes that look like the real thing. Small ceramic garments, but with all kinds of details that he achieves by applying paint. For example buttons, zippers and all kinds of textures on fabrics.
Sculptures that mix human bodies with animal heads
The mixtures of human bodies and heads of all kinds of animals sound very strange if these pieces of art are explained to you only with texts. But when you see the photos of the sculptures, you are completely surprised by the ingenuity with which the sculptor plays with the scales between humans and animals.
When I first saw an image of these sculptures I thought it was an image created with a 3D program. But thanks to the fact that Alessandro has a YouTube channel, he publishes videos where he documents his work process.
Unfortunately in that channel there is only one video, in that you can see how one of his sculptures paints.
But not everything is bad because Alessandro uploads videos to his Instagram account. There yes that we can see many videos and photos of his finished sculptures and sculptures he is working on.
I went to see the Instagram account and did not leave until I saw each of the videos and photos that it has published. The work that this artist does is so good that it is very possible that the same thing happens to you too.
From what I could find out, the artist spent his time traveling the world exhibiting his work in many art galleries. But due to the pandemic, all his performances were canceled.
So if you want to be aware of what Alessandro does, the best way is follow him on instagram.