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I have to admit that when I posted a video yesterday showing Johannes Stötter’s body-painting “installation” of five humans making a remarkably realistic frog, I was taken aback when several readers said that this “creeped them out.” I don’t quite get that, as I see that form of body-painting as art, using the human body as a canvas—just as choreographers use movements of the human body to convey emotion.
But I can’t change what creeps people out, so for those of you who didn’t like the frog, here’s a TRIGGER WARNING: MORE BODY PAINTING!!!!!
In a comment on yesterday’s post post, reader Steven Q. Muth (the one-man staff of Butter the Roosevelt cat) called our attention to this post in the Daily Mailabout another stunning example of Stotter’s animal-themed body painting. Since it’s a parrot, I have a feeling that at least our coterie of parrot-loving readers will like it.
As the Mail notes (all quotes indented):
The 35-year-old artist, who lives in Italy, spent four weeks painstakingly planning how he could transform the female model into a parrot.
He took four hours to paint the woman’s body using special breathable paint – adding intricate detail, dark shading and even a bright gr
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- Artist Johannes Stoetter has perfected the art of body-painting illusions.
- He has won acclaim for his series of animal illusions, in which models painted head to toe contort into the shapes of frogs, parrots, butterflies, and chameleons.
- Stoetter is working on new projects in Italy, and hopes people will begin consuming more art as the country recovers from the coronavirus.
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For nearly a decade, Johannes Stoetter has mesmerized viewers with his stunning works of art — all of which are painted on human bodies.
Stoetter has perfected the art of body painting and has won worldwide acclaim for his series of animal illusions, in which models painted head to toe contort into the shapes of frogs, parrots, butterflies, and chameleons.
The artist has been working on new projects from his home studio in northern Italy, and is hoping people will begin consuming more art and culture as the country emerges from the shadow of the coronavirus.
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