Trompe-l'œil - Le renard de Bordalo II

The sculpture you are approaching is the work of the Portuguese street artist known as Bordalo II. He crafts these large-scale figures by assembling discarded objects like rusted car parts, plastic waste, old tires, and broken appliances. The resulting three-dimensional animal serves as a stark, physical manifestation of the pollution that threatens its own habitat. By using the very materials that destroy ecosystems to build the creatures living within them, he forces a direct confrontation with the consequences of mass consumption. You are looking at a piece that challenges the viewer to recognize that the waste we discard does not disappear but instead persists in the natural world.