Cockroach Artist Fabian Peña

Instead of painting with oils or watercolors, Fabian Peña uses fragments of cockroach wings and crushed houseflies as his artistic medium. The blurb about him at the David Castillo Gallery says: "Peña harkens to the Shakespearean interpretation of a corporeal 'pound of flesh,' acknowledging the somatic price for locating beauty in the grotesque." [via ihlet.com]

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 10, 2013
Category: Art | Insects and Spiders

Comments

This post kinda bugs me. 😝 The only roaches around here are in my cars ashtray. :ohh:

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 03/10/13 at 10:51 AM

If you don't have talent you can always replace it with shock treatment in this day and ages's art scene.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/10/13 at 11:33 AM

At least they are not wasting bacon.
http://carriannebullard.tumblr.com/post/43726498869/object-cicada-wings-legs

Posted by BMN on 03/10/13 at 12:07 PM

DISGUSTING!!! What a creepy guy. Yuck!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/11/13 at 10:47 PM

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