Stunning Sculptures Reimagine Women’s Hair as Surreal Landscapes

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island”

Chinese artist Yuanxing Liang is redefining the traditional bust sculpture with his breathtaking fantasy art. The prototyping teacher crafts intricate portraits featuring faces of women that are fused with delicate flourishes and elements of landscapes. Most notably, their hair becomes a site of surrealism; the long locks wrap around their heads and are the grounds for which miniature buildings, fish ponds, and trees make their home. The results are 360 degrees of incredible details for you to admire.

With this level of craft, you’d expect for Liang’s sculptures to be one-of-a-kind. But, this isn't always the case; his piece titled Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island was for recently sale in very limited edition at Wonder Festival in Shanghai. It’s inspired by the Chinese fable of Peach Blossom Dragon Spring and uses the source material to create a “phantom-dreaming world” that’s made tranquil with peach blossom trees.

Liang’s Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island is available for purchase in grey resin through Taobao.com.

Artist Yuanxing Liang redefines the bust sculpture with his intricate fantasy art.

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island”

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island”

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island” (detail)

Fantasy Art by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island” (detail)

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island” (detail)

Fantasy Art by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island” (detail)

Fantasy Art by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island” (detail)

Fantasy Art by Yuanxing Liang

“Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island”

Although Chunmang. Peach Blossom Island represents his most recent work, Liang has created other equally-as-impressive sculptures.

Fantasy art by Yuanxing Liang

“Duanchun Palace”

Fantasy art by Yuanxing Liang

“Duanchun Palace” (detail)

Fantasy art by Yuanxing Liang

“Duanchun Palace” (detail)

Fantasy art by Yuanxing Liang

“Duanchun Palace” (detail)

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

Surreal Bust Sculpture by Yuanxing Liang

Yuanxing Liang: Weibo
h/t: [Optically Addicted]

All images via Yuanxing Liang.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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