Elevator By Alessandro Gallo (All Photos By Gail)
If you are intrigued and delighted by the idea of perusing an exhibition made up of hyper-realist sculptures depicting Humans with Animal Heads, then you will love Italian artist Alessandro Gallo’s latest body of work, For Some Reason (the follow up to his 2014 show, Strani Incontri) up now at Jonathan LeVine Gallery.
A Parakeet Practices Her Eagle Pose
If these petite ceramic figures cause you to do a double take, it might be because Gallo bases each of his hybrid characters on real life models, and his attention to detail is meticulous.
Gallery Owner Jonathan LeVine Poses with I Don’t Want to Grow Up, a Horny Toad-Headed Sculpture Based on his Likeness
Easily the most popular piece in the show is this miniature glass Elevator, crowded with various breeds of anthropomorphic birds, along with a Buffalo, a Cat and a Deer, all eager to get to the their destination floor. Elevator is a private client commission that was loaned to the gallery for this exhibit. It is pretty sweet.
In Natura Morta, an artist with a bird head sketches on the floor of his studio. An animal skull model sits in the foreground.
Except for one figure flaunting an exposed, uncircumcised peen, the exhibit it totally family-friendly! Bring the kids!
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Even a Duck Woman can’t resit making the Duck Face!
Here I am, photo-bombing her.
Artist, Alessandro Gallo (Spy Pic)!
A Pink Track Suited Cockatiel checks her Instagram feed in Whatever. Why does she carry so many handbags? It’s a mystery.
Social Activist Locust Swarm
Jesse The Veteran
Ram Tough, as they say.
Alessandro Gallo’s For Some Reason will be on Exhibit Through December 17th, 2016, at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Located at 529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor, In the Chelsea Gallery District.
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