Half-Half

Further to the Neutral series, the next step was to partially expose the plastics and materials used for their composition. Thus, Half Half animals drop half of their camouflage: one side realistic and the other devoid of ink, in order to make the origin of the chosen raw material more easily apprehensible.

Through the rawness of the materials that make up the pieces, it is the shapes and contrasts that suggest the continuation of the image, represented in a more abstract way. The presence of plastics, metals and other raw materials endowed with textures and vivid colors gives us back compositions in which the spectator's brain has to construct and unveil the part of the image that is not obvious at first reading.

Meia Coruja Meia Esticada
Photo: 
Universidade de Coimbra
Half Sea Turtle
ONO'U Tahiti Festival
Papenoo, Tahiti
,
French Polynesia
,
2019
Photo: 
Selina Miles
Half Hammerhead Shark
ONO'U Tahiti Festival
Pape'ete, Tahiti
,
French Polynesia
,
2019
Photo: 
Selina Miles
Eagle Plastic Eagle
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Badger
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Photo: 
Miguel Portelinha
Half Seals
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Grasshoppers
Peinture Frâiche
Lyon
,
France
,
2019
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Owl
Accord de Paris
Paris
,
France
,
2019
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Photo: 
Terrible Kid
Half Baby Wolverine
Beyond Walls
Lynn, Boston
,
USA
,
2019
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Buzzard
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Penguins and Trash Cubes
Life is Beautiful
Las Vegas, Nevada
,
USA
,
2018
Photo: 
Raymesh Cintron
Half Lion
Life is Beautiful Festival
Las Vegas, Nevada
,
USA
,
2018
Photo: 
Raymesh Cintron
Half Cuervo Canário
Trashplant Festival
La Laguna, Tenerife
,
Spain
,
2018
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Shark
ONO'U Tahiti Festival
Bora Bora
,
French Polynesia
,
2018
Photo: 
Selina Miles
Half Young Owl
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Seagull
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Trash Unicorn
Nuart Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Scotland
,
UK
,
2018
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Harbor Seal
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Bears
Earth Day Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon
,
Portugal
,
2018
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Coyote
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Castor
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Fox
Attero
Lisbon
,
Portugal
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Guirre Canario
Festival Boreal
Los Silos, Tenerife
,
Spain
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Deer Half Deer
GreenCandy Eco Festival
Fayetteville, Arkansas
,
USA
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Trash Head Donkey
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Baby Raccoon
Scrap the Trap
Pittsburgh
,
USA
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Trash Wood Turtle
Festival Inspire
Moncton
,
Canada
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Lutra Lutra
Salva a Terra — Ecofestival CERAS
Salvaterra do Extremo
,
Portugal
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Rats
Glastonbury Festival — Shangri-La
Glastonbury
,
UK
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Chimp
Attero
Lisbon
,
Portugal
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Orangutan
Festival Iminente
London
,
UK
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Muscox
Artscape Festival
Forshaga
,
Sweden
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II
Half Rabbit
GTM | Gaia Todo um Mundo
Vila Nova de Gaia
,
Portugal
,
2017
Photo: 
Bordalo II

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