{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-js","path":"/familiar-things-strange-forms-surreal-sculptures-by-maskull-lasserre/","result":{"pageContext":{"postId":170070,"title":"Familiar Things, Strange Forms: Surreal Sculptures by Maskull Lasserre","author":{"name":"admin","avatar":{"url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9af25ed0fd46963a99e46b0b36a0ced8?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}},"colourFeatureImage":"[114,106,96]","excerpt":"Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre transforms familiar objects into surreal sculptures where the everyday collides with the natural world and the macabre. ","metadata":{"lowresImages":null},"date":"2026-08-28T20:01:14","slug":"familiar-things-strange-forms-surreal-sculptures-by-maskull-lasserre","link":"/familiar-things-strange-forms-surreal-sculptures-by-maskull-lasserre/","categories":{"nodes":[{"name":"Graphic Design","slug":"design","link":"https://inspgr.id/category/design/"}]},"content":"<p>Canadian artist <a href=\"https://maskulllasserre.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maskull Lasserre</a> transforms familiar objects into surreal sculptures where the everyday collides with the natural world and the macabre. Pianos are carved apart and seemingly reconnected by twisting octopus tentacles, a wooden hammerhead shark appears to emerge from the head of a sledgehammer, and a wooden branch impossibly crushes an anvil.</p>\n<p>Much of Maskull’s work relies on carefully altering existing materials while preserving enough of their original form to keep them recognizable. In one sculpture, two sections of a tree trunk remain connected by an intricately carved length of rope, while another splits a piano almost perfectly in half, exposing its internal mechanics and leaving only a tiny wishbone joining the two sides. These unexpected interventions create moments of visual tension, humor and uncertainty, making solid materials seem strangely fragile or alive.</p>\n<p>For more of Maskull Lasserre&#8217;s work, visit his <a href=\"https://maskulllasserre.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> and follow his latest updates on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/maskulllasserre/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://theinspirationgrid.com/category/art/\">More art on the grid</a> <a href=\"https://maskulllasserre.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maskull Lasserre&#8217;s website</a></p>\n","postLabel":{"postLabel":null},"featuredImage":{"sourceUrl":"https://inspgr.id/app/uploads/2026/08/art-maskull-lasserre-feature.jpg","srcSet":"https://inspgr.id/app/uploads/2026/08/art-maskull-lasserre-feature-255x180.jpg 255w, https://inspgr.id/app/uploads/2026/08/art-maskull-lasserre-feature-805x568.jpg 805w, 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