A former special effects artist who worked on Cronenberg's The Fly has a new exhibition in New York. The New York Times calls Keith Edmier's collection of plastic sculptures "one of the more bizarre solo shows to come along in a while." His work includes weird-looking mannequins as well as monstrous plants that actually exist in nature, like this one. [New York Times]












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