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Terrifying Hyper-Realistic Sculpture Of A Fallen Angel By Chinese Artist Duo
Beijing artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu have been known to create installations using real cadavers or human fat tissue, and though their newest creation does not include these macabre parts, it’s so realistic and unsettling that it might as well. This realistic sculpture, titled “Angel,” depicts a fallen angel in the form of an old woman, her wings devoid of feathers, that seems to be sleeping or perhaps dead. It was made from silica gel, fibreglass, stainless steel, and woven mesh.
The artist statement on their website cryptically reveals the project’s purpose: highlighting the tension and transition between the supernatural and the mundane. The angel, a transcendent being, has become powerless, unable to carry out God’s will, or to help those who believe in its existence.
According to biblical sources, Cherubim and Seraphim are the only types of angels that have wings (Exodus 25:20, Ezekiel 10, Isaiah 6). Hebrews 1:14 describes angels simply as spiritual beings; therefore, it is most correct to say that only some angels are winged.
More info: sunyuanpengyu.com (h/t: designyoutrust)
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misguidedFer 10 years ago
I'm not an expert but probably all birds' featherless wings look like this, not only the dead chicken you cook. So this is accurate to me.
AnnMessick 10 years ago
I never even thought chicken wing when I saw the picture! I just thought a vey old and tired angel trapped that had lost its feathers! Amazing how the mind translates the same into some totally different.
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DianaHockley 10 years ago
What an amazing sculpture! If I didn't know that it was manufactured then I would have immediately thought it was a real person.
ElenaRepina 10 years ago
To my mind it seems to be a fine impersonation of transformation, related to the image of a FALLEN ANGEL
MarcelaCantilloBe 10 years ago
Es la versión hiperrealista de un hombre muy viejo con las alas enormes de Gabriel garcía Marquez. Si puede ser imaginado ... puede ser hiperreal ... por que no!!
GlynisLailann 10 years ago
I think that we tend to think of Angels as infinite beings. This installation makes one think that Angels also get old and tired, and (dare I say it?) die of old age.
misguidedFer 10 years ago
I'm not an expert but probably all birds' featherless wings look like this, not only the dead chicken you cook. So this is accurate to me.
AnnMessick 10 years ago
I never even thought chicken wing when I saw the picture! I just thought a vey old and tired angel trapped that had lost its feathers! Amazing how the mind translates the same into some totally different.
Load More Replies... DianaHockley 10 years ago
What an amazing sculpture! If I didn't know that it was manufactured then I would have immediately thought it was a real person.
ElenaRepina 10 years ago
To my mind it seems to be a fine impersonation of transformation, related to the image of a FALLEN ANGEL
MarcelaCantilloBe 10 years ago
Es la versión hiperrealista de un hombre muy viejo con las alas enormes de Gabriel garcía Marquez. Si puede ser imaginado ... puede ser hiperreal ... por que no!!
GlynisLailann 10 years ago
I think that we tend to think of Angels as infinite beings. This installation makes one think that Angels also get old and tired, and (dare I say it?) die of old age.
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