Sculpture 412
2026
A striking glazed terracotta figure merging human and animal forms, featuring a muscular male torso with a rabbit head wearing light blue denim shorts. The sculpture employs provocative juxtaposition to explore themes of identity, sexuality, and liberation from societal constraints. The glossy white ceramic surface contrasts with the matte blue glazed fabric, creating visual tension between the refined and the raw. This anthropomorphic work invites viewers to question boundaries between human and animal, civilized and instinctual, through playful yet unsettling imagery.
- Medium
- Glazed Terracotta
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Studio · Pietro Spirito Studio
Notes
From the artist's website (€1,300 retail at time of import). Slug: ujd95dlcfq63jmea8iyebrey0olinx.
Spotted works by Pietro Spirito
Artists in conversation
Claudio Bravo
Chilean · b. 1936
Bravo shared Spirito's commitment to classical figurative tradition combined with meditative precision and emotional restraint, blending Old Master influence with contemporary sensibility in a way that honors formal discipline while achieving deep psychological resonance.
Odd Nerdrum
Norwegian · b. 1944
Nerdrum similarly bridges classical European painterly heritage with contemporary narrative figuration, creating compositions that carry a strong sense of memory and the human condition rendered through technically rigorous and emotionally charged imagery.
Miquel Barceló
Spanish · b. 1957
Barceló shares Spirito's Mediterranean roots and his practice of weaving landscape, memory, and figurative narrative into works that balance formal precision with expressive emotional weight drawn from a deep engagement with classical Italian and Southern European artistic traditions.
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