Bruno Pontiroli Tests the Boundaries of Familiarity in His Uncanny Wildlife Paintings

Bruno Pontiroli Tests the Boundaries of Familiarity in His Uncanny Wildlife Paintings

“Imagine a world based on a different logic; a universe comprised of the absurd and paradoxes,” prompts Bruno Pontiroli, whose paintings explore the sometimes grotesque tension between the familiar and the uncanny. The artist is known for his absurdist paintings of animals with overly long legs, contorted bodies, or myriad mutant-like heads or limbs. They’re often set amid woodlands or meadows evocative of 18th- and 19th-century academic landsca…