Enjoy your breakfast in the nude, on a horse or atop a jellyfish – Alessandro Merlin paints them all on striking black and white cappuccino cups and saucers. Homoerotic-art lovers will recognise the influence of Tom of Finland in the ultra-masculine, well-endowed nude dudes, but the sgraffito technique Alessandro uses on some of his work dates back to Roman times.
Atelier Alessandro Merlin
Venice
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