The tradition of keeping animal trophies has been around for centuries.
French artistQuentin Garelexplores the practice of hunting game for sport in his series of large-scale sculptures.
From elephants and giraffes to enormous tentacles, Garel covers a breadth of biological diversity.
Some are even rendered as stylized skulls and skeletons which ominously decorate rooms.
In most of these giant figures, viewers end up looking eye-to-eye with the sculpture.
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French artist Quentin Garel creates large-scale animal sculptures.
Cast from bronze or made from wood, these pieces resemble hunting trophies.
Garel uses these works to examine the practice of hunting for sport.
