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.
Hugh Hayden shapes wood, sourced from Christmas trees, exotic timbers, or other unexpected objects, into cerebral recreations of everyday objects. He recently showed recent work at C L E A R I N G’s Brussels gallery, pulling from spiritual, historical, and other aspects of the city to craft the body of work shown. The artist often injects his own personal history into his work, whether in the subject depicted or in the very wood harvested and formed.
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