Gallery: Artist's Giant Warped Figures Just the Wrong Side of Lifelike

  • Aerial 2
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    Evan Penny (right) learned some of his imaging techniques in the 1990s, creating special effects for films like *Natural Born Killers*, *JFK*, and *Nixon*. __Photo:__ *Aerial #2*, 2006 (detail with artist) silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum, 106 x 60 x 13 inches (269,3 x 152,4 x 33 cm), Private collection
  • Shelley
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    *Shelley*, 2007-2008, silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum, 25 x 24 x 7 inches (64 x 61 x 18 cm), Private collection, Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
  • Panagiota Conversation 2 Variation 1
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    *Panagiota: Conversation #2, Variation 1*, 2008 (Detail) silicone, pigment, hair, aluminium 28 x 108 x 6 inches (71 x 274 x 15 cm) Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
  • Female Stretch Variation 2
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    *Female Stretch, Variation #2*, 2011 silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum 119 5/8 x 26 x 20 7/8 inches (304 x 66 x 53 cm) Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
  • Self variation 1
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    *Self, variation #1*, 2008 silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum 23 x 46 x 21 inches ( 59 x 117 x 53 cm) Private collection, Switzerland Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
  • Large Murray
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    *Large Murray*, 2008 silicone, pigment, hair, fabric, aluminum 96 1/8 x 47 1/4 x 18 1/8 inches (244 x 120 x 46 cm) Private collection, New York Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
  • Aayla Secura and Indiana Jones Image Brian Sullivan
    Aayla Secura and Indiana Jones / Image: Brian Sullivan
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    *Old Self: Portrait of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be. Variation #2*, 2010 silicone, pigment, hair, fabric, aluminum 33 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 23 1/4 inches (86 x 76 x 59 cm) Crystal Bridges Museum Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
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    *Female Anamorph #2*, 2006 silicone, pigment, hair, fabric and aluminum 62 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (158.2 x 32 x 14.9 cm) Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
  • Michael
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    *Michael (variation # 1)*, 2010 silicone, pigment, hair, metal, glass 62 x 45 x 28 inches (157.5 x 114.3 x 71.2 cm) sculpture 87 x 50 x 30 inches (221 x 127 x 76.2 cm) overall Sammlung Essl, Kunst der Gegenwart Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
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