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Body-text: Visceral ceramic sculptures explore body distortion and painful eroticism

There's something more than slightly unheimlich about Elena Bulay's series of ceramic sculptures, Body-text. Created as part of a diploma project on her Illustration Course at BHSAD, the main themes are fleshiness, painful eroticism, the distortion of the body, togetherness and coupling. Quite an array of topics to combine in one collection.

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Close-up of a distorted ceramic sculpture with pale flesh tones, dark blue accents and red details against a grey background

However, through the Moscow-based artist's sheer talent, the sculptures, which range from 17 cm to 32 cm in height, expressively depict each and every influence in the most beautiful way. Made from fire clay, the works are covered by engobe before being glazed. Discover more at behance.net/Grafimale.

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Close-up detail of a ceramic sculpture showing a curved form with textured surface and glossy glaze, part of Elena Bulay's Body-text series
Pale cream and dark-speckled ceramic sculpture of an abstracted reclining figure with elongated limbs and a small head, against a grey background
Ceramic sculpture by Elena Bulay depicting a contorted white and dark figure with an anguished expression, exploring themes of body distortion and painful eroticism
Close-up of a ceramic sculpture from Elena Bulay's Body-text series, showing distorted flesh-like form with textured glaze in cream and black tones
Ceramic sculpture of a contorted seated figure in cream and black glazes, viewed from behind, part of Elena Bulay's Body-text series
Ceramic sculpture of a contorted human figure with pale and dark glazed surfaces, depicted in a hunched, introspective pose against a grey background
Close-up of a ceramic sculpture with cream and white surfaces marked by deep navy blue glazing and gestural marks suggesting fragmented forms
Abstract ceramic sculpture by Elena Bulay featuring intertwined forms in black, white and bronze glazes, exploring body distortion and togetherness
Ceramic sculpture by Elena Bulay with a distorted head form glazed in black, white and coral pink tones, showing textured surface detail
Textured ceramic sculpture with exposed flesh tones, white encrusted surface and blue decorative details, showing distorted body forms in Elena Bulay's Body-text series
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