Displayed throughout Piazza del Duomo in the Tuscan town of Pietrasanta, ancientmarble sculpturesarent quite what they seem.
They were placed there by Italian artistFabio Vialeas part of hisTrulyexhibition, curated by Enrico Mattei.
The statues are no ordinary stone figures thoughtheyre all tattooed.
Viales fascination with tattoos began when he met a Russian tattoo artist whose hands were full of odd symbols.
I felt really curious, and I asked him to draw a sculpture, Viale tells My Modern Met.
I like the kind of tattoos that deal with death and life and use ancient symbology.
He challenges the perception of ancient statues by merging the old art form with modern body art.
Today, tattoos could be considered as a suit that everybody may wear, old statues too!
Changing ancient statues' life builds a temporal bridge towards universal beauty.
Although most of the sculptures feature tattoos, the central pieces to Viales Truly exhibition are without.
Inside the 14th-century church of SantAgostino, theThree Gracesare positioned to sit on plinths.
The three figures represent three women from Ghardaia, a city in Algeria.
They all wear the traditionalhaik, a white, long garment wrapped around the head and body.
The sculptures are intended to provoke questions around the issues of personal and religious freedom.
See more images from VialesTrulyexhibition, below, plus some behind the scenes shots.
If you want to know more about this artists work, see to it to visit his website.
For hisTrulyexhibition, Italian artist Fabio Viale displayed tattooed marble sculptures in the Tuscan town of Pietrasanta.
His goal was to give the ancient statues a double identity.
He challenges the perception of ancient sculpture by merging the old art form with modern body art.
Each tattoo is hand-painted by Viale using special ink that permanently stains the stone.
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