Bruno Pontiroli’s artistry takes a dive into the surreal, where the familiar form of animals is playfully and profoundly transformed. His paintings present a world where the ordinary bounds of nature are defied, inviting viewers to reimagine the animal kingdom in ways that are as whimsical as they are thought-provoking.
In his works, creatures bend and twist into impossible shapes, challenging our perceptions and expectations. A hippo balancing on its tongue or a tiger bent at a right angle isn’t just a visual spectacle; it’s a statement on the fluidity of reality and identity. Pontiroli’s unique vision offers a fresh perspective on the world, one where the absurd becomes the norm, and the impossible seems tantalizingly within reach.
Imagine a world based on a different logic; a universe comprised of the absurd and paradoxes. A dream in which aircraft crash into clouds and snowmen model a human body using flakes of skin. My aim is to turn the narrow vision that we have of the world upside down and disturb our imagination while shaking an accepted reality with images that are as comprehensible as they are familiar. Distorting a symbol or mixing opposing universes allows me to question the identity of things so that I can reinvent them.
Bruno Pontiroli
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