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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 9 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.

47points

AnnMessick 9 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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Weirdo 9 years ago

that's very cool.

19points

DeniseCluney 9 years ago

a fallen angels don't have chicken wing nope nope nope not right

7points

P.Holden 9 years ago

And when was the last time you've seen an angel?

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MelissaNyberg 9 years ago

what do you think bird wings look like without feathers?? -_-

11points

GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

have you ever seen one?

2points

KarlMarxPilar 8 years ago

Its Art.

1point

Iva Kazalova 7 years ago

It's obviously a dead angel who's fallen because the feathers have fallen off the wings d'oh! And any featherless wing will look like that!

0points

MelodyLanzatella 8 years ago

Mild sauce on my wings please?

0points

ElLiJAn 9 years ago

Ur. Righy

0points

AmyWeiss 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure the was when it fell it lost is feathers.

0points

AnonimousCookie 9 years ago

It looks a little bit like a chiken's wing but just because we usually see them without feathers...

0points

ManuelaAlegria 9 years ago

I agree, specially because chickens can't fly.

0points

DianaHockley 9 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.

3points

ElenaRepina 9 years ago

To my mind it seems to be a fine impersonation of transformation, related to the image of a FALLEN ANGEL

2points

MarcelaCantilloBe 9 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!!

2points

DaríoGómez 9 years ago

pensé lo mismo! es aquel relato..

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Chaseng Vang 8 years ago

Angel wings are starting to sound good right about now.

1point

GlynisLailann 9 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.

1point

PenelopePaws 9 years ago

This is beautiful.

1point

Eddie77 9 years ago

Amazing... good job!

1point

Biswajit Adhikary 2 years ago

Eye full, heart is heavily full. great to my perception. why did i got to know it so late? publicity issue ???

0points

Durah Chan (Coffeezombie) 7 years ago

Thats not really realistic, I mean it looks like a human being but the wings are Way too short to carry a person.

0points

Mario Reyes 8 years ago

Read "un señor muy biejo con las alas enormes" from Gabriel García Márquez and this wont be so "nope"

0points

JoeWebb 8 years ago

Angels are inherently unrealistic.

0points

MelodyLanzatella 8 years ago

I'll have the Mild sauce on my wings please?

0points

Annie 9 years ago

WOW 0-0

0points

JohnMoreno 9 years ago

Kinda powerful...

0points

Shablul 9 years ago

This reminds me of the short story by gabriel garcia marquez, an old man with enormous wings

0points

MeghanDuce 9 years ago

I agree..my first thought.::chicken wings:: on an aged man. Disturbing in my humble opinion.

0points

TerezinhaSalvador 9 years ago

Tragicomico... para não dizer triste!

0points

SamehAbdulhadi 9 years ago

Not true

0points

Kulada 9 years ago

The wings are creepy

0points

NatiaBrown 9 years ago

I dont thonk sngels are getying ever older,they supposed to be perfect plus they are souls in heaven.

0points

VinodRamdeen 9 years ago

This cud be ture dat a angel fall frm the sky this is very cool I never seen this before but I feel it's ture it look very real to me

0points

RukunoNienu 9 years ago

am amzed,i thought it was real.saw it on an fb page so i googled it.the detailing and precision is amzing.

0points

AasimAly 9 years ago

Gene modified person maybe in scientific experiment at first half of twentieth century

0points

OzzyelCrowley 9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIlg0yM0XKg

0points

DanielLaw 9 years ago

Terrifying? Hardly.

0points

CrystalSkies 9 years ago

OMG, so creepy!

0points

MartyBlackEagle-Carl 9 years ago

well, at least they weren't cut off bloody stumps. or burned, charred edges.

0points

CathyKurpil 9 years ago

A bit disturbing, but cool...

0points

IrinaHm 9 years ago

We would like to cordially invite you to join us for a virtual cup of tea and a daily word of wisdom www.facebook.com/livinteresting

0points

Nehasoni 9 years ago

Very Realistic

0points

JuditFodor 9 years ago

It's soooo creepy, but what's the point? I mean what do they want to tell with this?????!

0points

TollTolladay 9 years ago

S**t that's odd

0points

IreneLau 9 years ago

Kinda creepy but cool...

0points

MelissaApple 9 years ago

This is disturbing!

0points

JeanSchweibish 9 years ago

I vote for feathers - a la Wings of Desire.

0points

PaulaShiu 9 years ago

so realistic. It's in an angel trap, baited w/apples?

0points

LynneDarroch 9 years ago

Creepy cool. I think my 11 year old would have nightmares for a week if she ran across this.

0points

KellyHuang 9 years ago

is she actually dead???

0points

EmilieLy 9 years ago

I think she is yes

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VictorVakaras 9 years ago

Why would an angel be old? Did he age on his way down or what?

0points

NicholeSummers 9 years ago

A fallen Angel.. meaning it did something wrong and now there here the wings could fall off eventually ... it's just a sculpture not..

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TamaraGunashvili 9 years ago

pretty cool

0points

DoraSkourlis 9 years ago

No wonder it fell out of the sky! chicken wings??

0points

CaroleVernon 9 years ago

I love and hate it at the same time!

0points

EglėBeatričė 9 years ago

not realistic

0points

ΕλένηΙωάννου 9 years ago

Nice as an idea, bad wording. Very ugly picture. Sorry...

0points

SallyVogel 9 years ago

Since the whole idea of angels is sweet but idiotic, I find the art appropriate.

-1point

SharonBarry 9 years ago

Certainly does look like a chicken wing. Why would an angel have a what looks like a toe nail. Wouldn't that be some satanic thing?

-1point

RobWallace 9 years ago

You mean like a fallen angel ?????

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JohnMcLemore 9 years ago

the Chinese are soooooo racist lol

-2points

ElLiJAn 9 years ago

Iam. Sure. Its. Fake i cant. Accpect this.

-2points

BettyWhite 9 years ago

Is this how the Chinese see angels ?

-2points

BrandonCampbell 9 years ago

Everything people protray to be good as White

-2points

JennyJozwiak 9 years ago

Why does this angel have bald chicken wings? Pass the blue cheese dressing please!

-2points

RickMolon 9 years ago

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Cell 9 years ago

America or USA? And why- communism is falling- USA is not?!?

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misguidedFer 9 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.

47points

AnnMessick 9 years ago

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Weirdo 9 years ago

that's very cool.

19points

DeniseCluney 9 years ago

a fallen angels don't have chicken wing nope nope nope not right

7points

P.Holden 9 years ago

And when was the last time you've seen an angel?

81points

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MelissaNyberg 9 years ago

what do you think bird wings look like without feathers?? -_-

11points

GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

have you ever seen one?

2points

KarlMarxPilar 8 years ago

Its Art.

1point

Iva Kazalova 7 years ago

It's obviously a dead angel who's fallen because the feathers have fallen off the wings d'oh! And any featherless wing will look like that!

0points

MelodyLanzatella 8 years ago

Mild sauce on my wings please?

0points

ElLiJAn 9 years ago

Ur. Righy

0points

AmyWeiss 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure the was when it fell it lost is feathers.

0points

AnonimousCookie 9 years ago

It looks a little bit like a chiken's wing but just because we usually see them without feathers...

0points

ManuelaAlegria 9 years ago

I agree, specially because chickens can't fly.

0points

DianaHockley 9 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.

3points

ElenaRepina 9 years ago

To my mind it seems to be a fine impersonation of transformation, related to the image of a FALLEN ANGEL

2points

MarcelaCantilloBe 9 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!!

2points

DaríoGómez 9 years ago

pensé lo mismo! es aquel relato..

0points

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Chaseng Vang 8 years ago

Angel wings are starting to sound good right about now.

1point

GlynisLailann 9 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.

1point

PenelopePaws 9 years ago

This is beautiful.

1point

Eddie77 9 years ago

Amazing... good job!

1point

Biswajit Adhikary 2 years ago

Eye full, heart is heavily full. great to my perception. why did i got to know it so late? publicity issue ???

0points

Durah Chan (Coffeezombie) 7 years ago

Thats not really realistic, I mean it looks like a human being but the wings are Way too short to carry a person.

0points

Mario Reyes 8 years ago

Read "un señor muy biejo con las alas enormes" from Gabriel García Márquez and this wont be so "nope"

0points

JoeWebb 8 years ago

Angels are inherently unrealistic.

0points

MelodyLanzatella 8 years ago

I'll have the Mild sauce on my wings please?

0points

Annie 9 years ago

WOW 0-0

0points

JohnMoreno 9 years ago

Kinda powerful...

0points

Shablul 9 years ago

This reminds me of the short story by gabriel garcia marquez, an old man with enormous wings

0points

MeghanDuce 9 years ago

I agree..my first thought.::chicken wings:: on an aged man. Disturbing in my humble opinion.

0points

TerezinhaSalvador 9 years ago

Tragicomico... para não dizer triste!

0points

SamehAbdulhadi 9 years ago

Not true

0points

Kulada 9 years ago

The wings are creepy

0points

NatiaBrown 9 years ago

I dont thonk sngels are getying ever older,they supposed to be perfect plus they are souls in heaven.

0points

VinodRamdeen 9 years ago

This cud be ture dat a angel fall frm the sky this is very cool I never seen this before but I feel it's ture it look very real to me

0points

RukunoNienu 9 years ago

am amzed,i thought it was real.saw it on an fb page so i googled it.the detailing and precision is amzing.

0points

AasimAly 9 years ago

Gene modified person maybe in scientific experiment at first half of twentieth century

0points

OzzyelCrowley 9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIlg0yM0XKg

0points

DanielLaw 9 years ago

Terrifying? Hardly.

0points

CrystalSkies 9 years ago

OMG, so creepy!

0points

MartyBlackEagle-Carl 9 years ago

well, at least they weren't cut off bloody stumps. or burned, charred edges.

0points

CathyKurpil 9 years ago

A bit disturbing, but cool...

0points

IrinaHm 9 years ago

We would like to cordially invite you to join us for a virtual cup of tea and a daily word of wisdom www.facebook.com/livinteresting

0points

Nehasoni 9 years ago

Very Realistic

0points

JuditFodor 9 years ago

It's soooo creepy, but what's the point? I mean what do they want to tell with this?????!

0points

TollTolladay 9 years ago

S**t that's odd

0points

IreneLau 9 years ago

Kinda creepy but cool...

0points

MelissaApple 9 years ago

This is disturbing!

0points

JeanSchweibish 9 years ago

I vote for feathers - a la Wings of Desire.

0points

PaulaShiu 9 years ago

so realistic. It's in an angel trap, baited w/apples?

0points

LynneDarroch 9 years ago

Creepy cool. I think my 11 year old would have nightmares for a week if she ran across this.

0points

KellyHuang 9 years ago

is she actually dead???

0points

EmilieLy 9 years ago

I think she is yes

0points

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VictorVakaras 9 years ago

Why would an angel be old? Did he age on his way down or what?

0points

NicholeSummers 9 years ago

A fallen Angel.. meaning it did something wrong and now there here the wings could fall off eventually ... it's just a sculpture not..

0points

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TamaraGunashvili 9 years ago

pretty cool

0points

DoraSkourlis 9 years ago

No wonder it fell out of the sky! chicken wings??

0points

CaroleVernon 9 years ago

I love and hate it at the same time!

0points

EglėBeatričė 9 years ago

not realistic

0points

ΕλένηΙωάννου 9 years ago

Nice as an idea, bad wording. Very ugly picture. Sorry...

0points

SallyVogel 9 years ago

Since the whole idea of angels is sweet but idiotic, I find the art appropriate.

-1point

SharonBarry 9 years ago

Certainly does look like a chicken wing. Why would an angel have a what looks like a toe nail. Wouldn't that be some satanic thing?

-1point

RobWallace 9 years ago

You mean like a fallen angel ?????

1point

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JohnMcLemore 9 years ago

the Chinese are soooooo racist lol

-2points

ElLiJAn 9 years ago

Iam. Sure. Its. Fake i cant. Accpect this.

-2points

BettyWhite 9 years ago

Is this how the Chinese see angels ?

-2points

BrandonCampbell 9 years ago

Everything people protray to be good as White

-2points

JennyJozwiak 9 years ago

Why does this angel have bald chicken wings? Pass the blue cheese dressing please!

-2points

RickMolon 9 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Cell 9 years ago

America or USA? And why- communism is falling- USA is not?!?

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