Evan Penny makes the kind of sculpture that is so realistic, so detailed, and so obviously a display of skill that it literally stops people in their tracks. But this alone isn’t why the artist’s work grabs the viewer.
Working in molded and dye-painted silicone, implanting real hair one strand at a time, Evan Penny makes figures (most often head-and-shoulders busts) at twice life size or larger…
Walking into a room full of artist Evan Penny’s sculptures is like walking into a room full of people. His lifelike, almost statuary figures seem ready to engage museum-goers in casual conversation…