Anatomy of a dream. Images courtesy of the artist
The corporeal and the creative spirit become seamlessly intertwined in the latest set of hybrid painting-illustrations by Nunzio Paci. Human organs meld with the vines and roots of disparate plant life. In Anatomy of a dream, for example, a garland of flowers and foliage sprout from a woman’s neck muscles.The Italian artist's new batch of work is a continuation of his vivid and macabre style. His imagery plays with themes of life, death, growth, and decay with romantic poise. In Reflection of wild rose, the artist paints a web of tree roots growing out from a woman’s chest that tangle with her arteries and muscle tissue. Paci’s floral embellishments give his paintings a fantastical quality that is simultaneously grounded in reality through their scientific representation of the human body.Beyond his oil and pencil work on canvas, Paci’s fascination with the human anatomy is perhaps most evident in his x-ray portraits. In compositions like Papaver field and Vertebrae in bloom, he overlays printed x-ray sheets with thin decorative outlines of plants.Check out more works by Nunzio Paci on his website.Related:Plants Grow from Human Anatomy in Poetic Paintings of Decaying BodiesX-Ray Flora And Fauna Come Together As ArtElectrified Skeleton Animals Worthy of an Iron Maiden Album
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