Yang Maoyuan's *Romano* is a striking bronze sculpture that transforms the form of a horse into a smooth, swollen, almost spherical mass, stripping away anatomical detail to create a tension between the familiar and the uncanny. The work's polished, inflated surface challenges traditional representations of the animal, evoking themes of distortion, power, and the boundaries of natural form. Maoyuan's manipulation of this culturally loaded subject invites reflection on humanity's relationship with nature and the forces of control and transformation.