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Les Mousses by Etienne Gros
French artist Etienne Gros has nipped and tucked blocks of soft foam to make squidgy nude sculptures.
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Called Les Mousses ("the foams") the sculptures depict the torso without limbs or heads, calling to mind the remains of stone statues from antiquity.
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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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