Les Mousses by Etienne Gros

French artist Etienne Gros has nipped and tucked blocks of soft foam to make squidgy nude sculptures.

Called Les Mousses (“the foams”) the sculptures depict the torso without limbs or heads, calling to mind the remains of stone statues from antiquity.

Gros studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris and now has a studio in Ile de France, where he mostly produces fleshy paintings and drawings.

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