Sculptures of humans and skeletons by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki

Sculptures of humans and skeletons by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki on Behance  Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Kanemaki. This sculptor realizes disturbing life-size works, from tree trunks. Through his massive sculptures by their weight and size, Yoshitoshi tackles the questions of life and death and the notion of fleetingness, knowing full well that he will never really succeed in …

The Veiled Ghosts of Livio Scarpella

The Veiled Ghosts of Livio Scarpella The work of Italian contemporary artist Livio Scarpella turns good and evil into delicacy.  This group of sculptures, named “Ghosts Underground”, depicts lost souls anguishing beneath the effect of a thin veil.  Scarpella’s interest in this subject was inspired by a trip to the Sansevero Chapel in Naples, home …

Human Skeletons Assembled with Found Coral by Gregory Halili

Human Skeletons Assembled with Found Coral by Gregory Halili With parched white pieces of found sea coral, artist Gregory Halili has been creating skeletal parts of the human anatomy from hands and arms all the way up to a lifesize recreation of a human skeleton suspended atop a giant piece of driftwood. The irregular coral segments …

Crafts Porcelain Sculptures Inspired By Nature Of Kate McDowell

  Weird Crafts Porcelain Sculptures Inspired by Nature Of Kate McDowell  In her delicate crafted porcelain sculptures conceptual artist Kate McDowell expresses her interpretation of the clash between the natural world and the modern-day environmental impact of industrialized society. The resulting works can be equal parts amusing and disturbing as the anatomical forms of humans …