These 'Human' Sculptures Are Enough To Make Your Skin Crawl

Artists are often eager to push the boundary between perceptions of the beautiful and the grotesque. From Francis Bacon to Jenny Saville, art history is full of figures whose work floats along some strange compendium beginning with the picturesque and ending with the utterly horrific. Viewers are often left with their heads atilt, pondering where the appealing drops off and the terrifying oozes out. "Handheld" by UK-based artist Jessica Harrison is one such series. Presenting a series of sculptu...