ROME.- Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome is hosting for the first time an exhibition dedicated to hyperrealistic sculpture, exhibiting 43 mega-installations by the greatest contemporary artists.
The sculptures are so impressive, and the details so realistic down to the minutest particulars, that it is hard to distinguish a real body from an artwork.
The artists on display, 29 in total, are leading stars on the international scene: from Maurizio Cattelan (present with such iconic works as the pigeons in his Ghosts installation or his famous banana, properly titled Comedian) to Ron Mueck, who is showing a gigantic mans head with Dark Place, joined by George Segal, Carole Feuerman, Duane Hanson, and a host of others.
An exhibition. that provokes, that raises questions. A show that brings…
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