The Flesh Centaurs of China

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Chinese artist Liu Xue has created some fabulous anthropomorphic sculpture.

The unusual hybrids are from his series – ‘We are the World’ and they aren’t far from it. Obese fat Buddha men sit on their frog legs or flippers while emaciated men and women balance on chicken legs or dog bodies. The different anatomies merge seamlessly into a viable being.

They are distorted and somewhat monstrous – yet at the same time so realistic, one might believe they actually do exist.

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Artist Liu Xue via Crabwise.

Quoted text via Eclectix.

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  1. That things is terrifying.

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