Welcome to the Bizarre World of Alessandro Gallo

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Italian contemporary artist Alessandro Gallo is renowned for his anthropomorphic, hybrid sculptures, which consist of human bodies and animal heads. Before he became famous, Gallo learned about clay sculpting from Italian sculptor Adriano Leverone.

In 2005, he started creating 3D figures and the first piece he made was a donkey wearing a suit. His clay sculptures are mostly half-humans, half-animals creatures. They have human bodies but their heads are from animals – horses, birds, donkeys and reptiles.

Though his creations are definitely surreal, they looked realistic that some of the sculptures even have tattoos on them. They are also found in everyday settings like playing the guitar, riding a subway and reading a newspaper.

His bizarre sculptures became widely popular across Europe and Gallo gained over 30k followers on Instagram.

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‘One trick pony’. 2019. The idea of a one trick pony piece had been sitting in my notes for a while, until I took my son to the Circus two years ago and saw a performer doing his balancing act wearing an ‘Elvis suit’. I thought it was perfect for my piece. I researched for the suit and found out about the great Nudie Cohn, also known as the Rodeo Taylor or the Western Taylor since he started from Cowboys and Country Music performers. His list of clients includes many great musicians including Hank Williams, Elvis and John Lennon. When I decided that my rola bola pony would be sort of country I had to reference loosely his iconic flamboyant wonderful suits and glue some shiny rhinestones and fringes on the piece. ‘One trick pony’ is in my current show in Seattle @abmeyerwood until May 31! #alessandrogallo #spaghettiwestern #spaghettiwesternart #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #rolabola #circus #nudiecohn #elvissuit #westernart #country #countryhumans #rhinestones #fringes #onetrickpony #mostofthetime

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