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Monica Piloni’s Sculptures Mimic Flesh in Surreal and Disturbing Ways

Using resin, plastic, synthetic hair and a variety of other media, Monica Piloni creates sculptures that mimic the tactile qualities of flesh. Some of her works are doll-like while others appear convincingly human, but in each sculpture she distorts and mutates the body. Her recent work Opium (pictured above), for instance, presents a variety of wall-mounted, abstract forms. Together, they form the shapes of melted breasts, arms and mouths, evoking the ways surrealist sculptors like Louise Bourgeois employed biomorphic shapes to explore desire.

Using resin, plastic, synthetic hair and a variety of other media, Monica Piloni creates sculptures that mimic the tactile qualities of flesh. Some of her works are doll-like while others appear convincingly human, but in each sculpture she distorts and mutates the body. Her recent work Opium (pictured above), for instance, presents a variety of wall-mounted, abstract forms. Together, they form the shapes of melted breasts, arms and mouths, evoking the ways surrealist sculptors like Louise Bourgeois employed biomorphic shapes to explore desire.

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