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biomorphic

British  
/ ˌbaɪəʊˈmɔːfɪk /

adjective

  1. having the form of a living organism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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During the 1960s she experimented with mattresses, creating biomorphic soft sculptures, painted in striped patterns with fluorescent colors, which became her signature style.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2023

Several images show the uncanny way in which the natural flow of the river sculpts the Amazon’s islands into biomorphic shapes resembling Earth Art.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2023

Each creamy white panel is hand-finished and unique; together, they give the building an organic, biomorphic feel, the museum says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

Domestic scenes recur in much of his work: In brightly colored bronze and ceramic sculptures, he reimagines ordinary household objects — a remote control, faucets — as bulbous, biomorphic forms, some with eyes and ears.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2022

Sage’s paintings are more architectural and Tanguy’s more biomorphic, but the unreal places they capture — impossibly vast plains, devoid of figures but full of sensation — distill feelings that lack language and logic.

From Washington Post Feb. 12, 2022

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