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Hideous beauty: The ghoulish ‘post-mortem fairy tales’ of Mothmeister
03.03.2015
09:15 am
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Hideous beauty: The ghoulish ‘post-mortem fairy tales’ of Mothmeister

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You’ll need to sleep with one eye open after looking at Wounderland, the “post-mortem fairy tales” portrait series of ghastly creatures by the Belgian duo Mothmeister.

Nearly all the hideous characters in the dark series are holding stiff, mounted animals, as the couple behind these unsettling photos are both taxidermists. “We reincarnate these dead critters into fairy tale figures by dressing them up like the Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter did.”

They state the “anonymous, ugly masked creatures” highlighted in their work are “a reaction against the dominant exhibitionism of the selfie culture and beauty standards marketed by the mass media.”

Put down that selfie stick and take a look at Wounderland for yourself.

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via The WOW Report and Bored Panda

Posted by Rusty Blazenhoff
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03.03.2015
09:15 am
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