The MB&F M.A.D.Gallery is proud to present a collection of “Mechanical Entomology” featuring insect-inspired sculptures by four talented artists hailing from both sides of the Atlantic.

Spectacularly fusing the world of natural history with metal, mechanisms and machines, this collection – the first themed M.A.D.Gallery exhibition – includes the mechanical creatures a.k.a. “MeCre” of Gaby Wormann; the Duellona cast bronze insect sculptures of Christopher Conte; the ‘clockwork’ butterflies of Paul Swan Topen; and the Scissor Spiders of Christopher Locke. Each creation is the fruit of these artists’ fertile imaginations and their supreme artistic craftsmanship.

Dynastes Hercules by Gaby Wormann

Dynastes Hercules by Gaby Wormann

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, and we have all probably witnessed a few entomological collections, starting with school trips to musty museums lined with glass-topped wooden drawers and curvaceous bell jars containing hundreds of carefully arranged insect specimens neatly labelled with their place of origin and Latin names.

The pieces in M.A.D.Gallery’s entomological exhibition feature or evoke a wide range of insects – or arthropods, to be exact – with some housed in special wooden and glass displays, some in bell jars, and some bearing their Latin nomenclatures. But, being a M.A.D.Gallery presentation, this is no ordinary collection of critters and its “mechanical” qualification provides that quintessential MB&F twist.

The exhibition features breathtaking butterflies that will put you in a flutter; beautiful beetles that will leave you ‘shell’ shocked; a sublime scorpion with a real sting in the tail; and spiders so spellbinding even the most fearful arachnophobes won’t be able to resist a peek.

Scissor Spiders by Christopher Locke

Visit the M.A.D. Gallery on Rue Verdaine (Geneva) to discover these beautiful creations.

Source: MB&F