We’ve seen skulls made out of Legos, diamonds, and even fur—now we’ve got cookware. This giant skull, constructed entirely out of everyday pots and pans is the creative vision of Subodh Gupta. Gupta is well known for working with stainless… Read More »The Zygomatic Frying Pan
This giant 78 foot long skeleton is the creation of Italian artist Gino De Dominicis and is on display at the MAXXI museum of contemporary art in Rome, Italy. It is called “Calamita Cosmica” and except for the strange long… Read More »Calamita Cosmica
As part of the Beyond Limits sculpture exhibit at Chatsworth House in England, Damien Hirst has created two beautiful anatomical sculptures. Together they are Myth and Legend. Legend is exposed horse with wings open wide. Myth is the unicorn, two… Read More »Damien Hirst at Chatsworth House
Wow. Words can’t describe how cool this is (especially given his process)! Jeremy Mayer has mastered the disassembling and reassembling of old typewriters into anatomical figures, both human and animal. The figures fit together seamlessly in an intricate, delicate, and yet also robust way. It seems like typewriters are the perfect… Read More »Anatomical Typewriter Sculptures by Jeremy Mayer
Does anyone still use telephone booths? They’re clearly still around here and there, so why not use them for public art projects? That’s exactly what Sao Paulo, Brazil did with their project titled Call Parade. They commissioned 100 artists to… Read More »O Que Você Tem Na Cabeça?
The process… Jason Freeny’s latest drool-worthy work is a trio of 18″ anatomical Lego men figures. You can see Jason’s entire creation process of these little masterpieces via his Facebook. I love seeing the “dissection” take place over time and… Read More »Jason Freeny’s 18″ Lego Men Dissections
I stumbled upon the top male torso sculpture with brain genitalia—fittingly titled Racional (Rational)—on Facebook and just had to find out who created this masterpiece. Our lovely fans on Facebook told us it was created by the Cuban sculptor Yoan… Read More »Yoan Capote’s Brain Genitalia
Awesome creative director, Miss Cakehead, was contacted by Capcom to come up with a concept to launch the new Resident Evil 6 game in the UK. Her idea—a human butcher shop. Despite not being a fan of meat, Miss Cakehead pulled… Read More »Human Butchery Shop for New Resident Evil 6 Release Pops Up in London
Barcelona-based artist, Emilio Garcia of lapolab just released a sneak peek at his latest creation, the Skull Brain. You may know Emilio for his now famous and prolific Jumping Brains series. Available in almost any color imaginable these whimsical brains have received worldwide coverage,… Read More »Skull Brain by Emilio Garcia
Who knew such craftsmanship could exist with plastic cutlery! UK-based artist Elliot Mariess created this skeleton entirely out of the plastic forks and knives we so easily throw out every day. The award-winning sculpture came out of a group project… Read More »Elliott Mariess – Waste
Simply jaw dropping fluid paper sculptures by Beijing-based artist Li Hongbo who has quite an affinity to paper. Li’s fascination with the flexible nature of paper began with the traditional Chinese “honeycomb” paper toys used for decorations. He took one apart… Read More »Mind Bending Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo
You may know Beijing-based artist Cao Hui‘s work without realizing it. He’s created those disturbing flesh arm chairs, sofas, clothing, and suitcases. His latest series gives us a medically sliced view of classic sculptures a la Visible Human Project. Cao… Read More »Cao Hui’s Visible Sculpture Project
Eric Franklin is a Portland-based artist who works with light and glass. His latest creations are glowing glass skulls made from “flame-worked borosilicate glass, ionized neon and mercury, wood, electronics.” Previously, Franklin has created glass skeletons and other parts of… Read More »Eric Franklin – Glowing Skulls
Anatomical glass blowing seems to be sweeping the globe. This next contribution, by Gary Farlow and his team at Farlow’s Scientific Glassblowing Inc., does more than please. These beautiful anatomical glass models are designed to educate: simulating blood flow and… Read More »Gary Farlow’s Heart of Glass
Romanian sculptor Bogdan Rata creates bodily forms devoid of facial features and personality—seemingly engulfing into their own skin. Using polystyrene, industrial paint, plaster, and synthetic resin, Bogdan sculpts forms of human anatomy projecting what could be our own discomfort with… Read More »Bogdan Rata – Human Anatoforms