Phantasmagoric human-animal hybrids on exhibition

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/02/26/576036.html

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I just finished Greg Egan’s short story The Caress featuring this ^ painting of a human/cheetah hybrid by Fernand Khnopff. This exhibition reminds me of it very much.
What unsettling and beautiful works!

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I can’t decide whether this is Nope, nope, nope!

or

Freaking awesome!

Maybe my ambivalence is part of the intended effect?

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Nope… I don’t like it.

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I might have guessed this would have creeped me out, but looking at them it doesn’t at all. I guess I’ve seen enough movie special effects to get my sensitivity up. Maybe seeing them in person would have a different effect.

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As if bad taxidermy wasn’t creepy enough…

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Reminds me of Dave McKean’s work, especially Mirrormask.
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The Zebro™ is striking.

Canine-Shellfish Hybrid:

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E.V Day

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That is ■■■■■■■ gross. Well played.

I prefer this, aesthetically I mean.

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(Meret Oppenheim)

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Tea for two then

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Impractical but I do like them :slightly_smiling_face:

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Alternatively. Kangaroo/human hybrids:

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Ooh, I’m kinda conflicted on that last pic…

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I mean… it IS the Tank Girl movie. It’s pretty cheesy but i love it :smiley:

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hand-sculpted human faces…

Sure they are. Not taxidermied heads from stolen corpses. Just Sculpey, I swear!

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Ughh instant bad stomachache: Kevin Smith’s Tusk. NOooooOOOOOOoo

:frowning: ive spent a couple years blocking out and avoiding every image and sound that might trigger a memory of the most disturbing moviebesidesJamesFrancosSonOfGod NOOOOOooo why did i look

You people are making it worse!