Gallery: An Artist Who Specializes in Werewolves and Crystals

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    David Altmejd builds awesomely complex worlds inside plexiglass containers.
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    Photo: James Ewing
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    There are werewolves, insects, fruits and men made of geode organs.
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    Photo: James Ewing
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    The sprawling works of art, like *The Flux and The Puddle* often pair the grotesque with the beautiful.
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    Photo: James Ewing
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    Throughout the piece you see pathways of neon thread leading from one box to another. This creates a sense of motion in the piece.
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    Photo: Lance Brewer
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    *Untitled* is made from foam, plaster and paint. Its deformities are equal parts horrifying and beautiful.
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    Each of the plexiglass boxes is filled with its own little world.
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    The massive sculpture is a bizarro ecosystem of mythical creatures, oozing fruits and decaying body parts
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    His work often touches on ideas of evolution, a fascination he developed as a child.
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    Photo: James Ewing
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    Altmejd works a ridiculous amount of materials into his pieces. There are things like resin, synthetic hair, leather shoes, thread, mirror, glass eyes, sequins and synthetic flowers. And that's just a taste.
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    Photo: James Ewing
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    Altmejd's work is like a complex puzzle with no matching parts.
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    In *The Eve* colored resin kiwis hang near an upside down man.
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    It's a quieter scene than *The Flux and the Puddle*'s visual chaos. What you can't see? A gaping hole in the man's backside that showcases an array of colored geodes.
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    Inside his studio you'll find a table full of resin-casted hands.
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    And a table full of multi-colored kiwis. There are boxes of resin fruit lying around the rooms.
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