Male Nipples Soccer Ball (from the series Human Furiery)

A soccer ball covered in cast human male nipples, this unsettling object merges the familiar with the grotesque, transforming an icon of sport and leisure into something deeply corporeal and provocative. Costantino continues her exploration of the boundaries between the human body and consumer objects, a central theme in her *Human Furiery* series, which draws on the tradition of furriery and taxidermy to question how we treat and commodify flesh. The work forces an uncomfortable intimacy, inviting touch while simultaneously provoking revulsion.