You’ve in all probability heard expressions like “going around in circles” or “running like a rabbit,” however likelihood is you haven’t pictured them fairly like Bruno Pontiroli’s scenes of zoological mayhem.
In oil work that nod to Nineteenth-century wildlife illustrations, Lyon-based artist (beforehand) evokes widespread phrases like “la vie en rose,” akin to the English saying: “to see life through rose-colored glasses.” And in “Le conflit intérieur,” or “interior conflict,” a tiger and a grizzly bear duke it out regardless of being joined collectively.
Histoires Naturelles & Grotesques, Pontiroli’s solo present opening quickly at Corey Helford Gallery, highlights the artist’s continued fascination with defying pure order. His compositions fuse animals into single beings, add absurdly lengthy legs, or prolong quite a few additional appendages from a single creature as an example the customarily farcical quirks of human conduct.
Histoires Naturelles & Grotesques runs from November 2 to December 7 in Los Angeles. Discover extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
