130 Darkly Erotic Fairy Tales of the Italian Artist Simone Pinna

27 november 2020

Winged beauties adorned with feelers and equipped with insect-like limbs. Simone Pinna’s graphite drawings evoke a fairy-tale world full of strong sexual references and often with a darker subtext.

Erotic Fairies

The hybrid, mainly female figures (he names them ‘erotic fairies‘) are alternately playful and vulnerable. They inhabit a world where phallus-shaped mushrooms and other ‘sensual’ crops are recurring ingredients, becoming part of their erotic fantasies.

Fig.1. ‘Holes Hotel ‘ (January 2019)

Right Emotion

In an earlier interview the passionate Italian artist explains that he has to induce the right emotion for himself in order to draw. Lines, shades, lights, dynamics, forms, are all the elements that arise instinctively. Therefore his drawings are labor-intensive. The drawing entitled ‘Holes-Hotel ‘ (Fig.1) for instance took him over a month to complete.

H.R. Giger

An important influence on Pinna is the work of the Swiss artist H.R Giger (1940-2014), known for the portrayal of human bodies and machines in bleak, complementary relationships, and famous for his Oscar-winning creation of the Alien creature in the film of the same name.

Fig.2. ‘Sunflowers‘ (October 2020)

Beastly Elements

While Pinna’s work is erotically charged, it’s not necessarily sexually arousing (at least in my opinion) because of the added beastly elements. My personal preference is for Pinna’s dark works such as the fairy tied up on the bed (Fig.3) or the desperate naked girl in the attic (Fig.5). On the other hand, who can resist a rabbit-woman intensely suckling one of her feet (Fig.10)?

Fig.3. ‘The Fairy Collector‘ (October 2020)

Fig.4. ‘Fairies‘ (2020)

Fig.5. ‘Broken‘ (2020)

Fig.6. ‘Devotion‘

Fig.7. ‘Erotic Fairies‘ (August 2020)

Fig.8. ‘White Cicade‘

Fig.9. ‘Fire-fairy‘

Fig.10. ‘Rabbit Burrow‘

Fig.11. ‘Wishing Well‘

Fig.12. ‘Carotona‘

Fig.13. ‘Happy Bee‘ (July 2020)

Fig.14. ‘Chess Teacher‘ (July 2020)

Fig.15. ‘Scolopendra‘

Fig.16. ‘Mole Cricket‘ (Apr 2020)

Fig.17. ‘The Prince‘ (Feb 2020)

Fig.18. (2018)

Fig.19. ‘Femme Fatale‘ (2018)

Fig.20. ‘Fin Fetish‘

Fig.21. ‘Mato di donna (Queen checkmate)‘ (2019)

Fig.22. ‘Janas‘ (Apr 2020)

Fig.23. ‘White Wasp‘

Fig.24. ‘Flight Calibration‘ (April 2020)

Fig.25. ‘Daisies for the Queen‘ (Nov 2020)

Fig.26. ‘Spirifex Shoe‘ (Nov 2020)

Fig.27. ‘Man Hawk Wasp‘ (April 2020)

Fig.28. ‘The Princess Unicorn‘ (Jan 2020)

Fig.29. ‘Pussy in Boots‘ (Dec 2019)

Fig.30. ‘Bee‘ (2019)

Fig.31. ‘Camouflage‘ (2019)

Fig.32. ‘Mermaid Lure‘ (2019)

Fig.33. ‘Torn off‘ (23 Dec 2020)

Fig.34. ‘Scorpion‘ (1 January 2021)

Fig.35. ‘Man hawk wasp‘ (13 Jan 2021)

Fig.36. ‘Artichoke fairy‘ (February 2021)

Fig.37. ‘Fuck my brain‘ (12 March 2021) (Collaboration with the singer and songwriter Anna Soares)

Fig.38. ‘Dolichomitus Imperator‘ (12 March 2021) ‘

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Fig.41. ‘Sorelle del deserto (Sisters of the desert)‘ (29 June 2021)

Fig.42. ‘Slave‘ (7 June 2021)

Fig.43. ‘Bee in stockings‘

Fig.44. ‘Anna Williams‘ (5 June 2021)

Fig.45. ‘Libellula‘ (May 2021)

Fig.46. ‘Regina di perle (Queen of Pearls)‘ (July 2021)

Fig.47. ‘Sedazione (Sedation)‘ (August 2021)

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Fig.49. ‘Musa culottona‘ (Sept 2021)

Fig.50. ‘Flower Lover‘ (20 Sept 2021)

Fig.51. ‘Saturniidae‘ (Sept 2021)

Fig.52. ' La Falena (The Moth)' (15 Nov 2021)

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Fig.54. 'Leonessa romana (Roman Lioness)'

Fig.55. 'Sotto il fungo (Under the mushroom)'

Fig.56. 'Macaone'

Fig.57. 'Sphingidae'

Fig.58. 'Fata coniglio (Fairy Rabbit)'

Fig.59. 'Dea folletto (Goblin Goddess)'

Fig.60. 'Fata degli abaloni (Fairy of the Abalones)'

Fig.61. 'Fata leopardo (Leopard fairy)'

Fig.62. 'Leprotta (Hare)' (Feb 2022)

Fig.63. 'Ragazza centopiedi (Centipede girl)' (Feb 2022)

Fig.64. 'Pitcher plant fairy ' (Feb 2022)

Fig.65. 'La Regib dei bosch i' (20 Feb 2022)

Fig.66. 'Lumaca delle fate (Fairy Snail)' (25 Feb 2022)

Fig.67. 'Fairy Snail ' (Feb 2022)

Fig.68. 'Pulendosi le ali (Cleaning Her Wings)' (3 March 2022)

Fig.69. 'La Schiava Della Vespa (The Slave of the Wasp)' (14 March 2022)

Fig.70. 'Woodlice Balls' (11 March 2022)

Fig.71. ' In Volo (In Flight) ' (2 April 2022)

Fig.72. ' Ladra di Perle (Thief of Pearls) ' (1 April 2022)

Fig.73. 'Rope Bee' (28 March 2022)

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Fig.79. 'Malenia - goddess of rot ' (6 May 2022)

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Fig.81. 'Fata uccello segretario (Fairy bird secretary)'

Fig.82.. 'The Huntress' (8 June 2022)

Fig.83. 'Diavolessa (She-devil)' (13 June 2022)

Fig.84. 'Fata egizia (Egyptian fairy)' (19 June 2022)

Fig.85. 'Vespa vasaia (Potter Wasp) ' (20 June 2022)

Fig.86. 'Like a mushroom' (22 June 2022)

Fig.87. ''Monarch Lovers' (23 June 2022)

Fig.88. 'Fin Fetish' (24 June 2022)

Fig.89. 'The Princess' (27 June 2022)

Fig.90. 'Shiny '(29 June 2022)

Fig.91. 'White Queen ' (1 July 2022)

Fig.92. 'Fairy of the night' (2 July 2022)

Fig.93'. 'Carrying pollen ' (3 July 2022)

Fig.94. ''White Moth'' (6 July 2022)

Fig.95. 'Too thick to fly ' (8 July 2022)

Fig.96. 'Bee' (20 July 2022)

Fig.97. 'Urchins' (15 July 2022)

Fig.98. 'A Gift for the Queen' (11 Aug 2022)

Fig.99. 'Men Hawk Mask ' (14 Aug 2022)

Fig.100. 'Potter Wasp ' (16 Aug 2022)

Fig.101. 'Hypnotic Butterfly ' (16 Aug 2022)

Fig.102. 'Young Queen Bee' (18 Aug 2022)

Fig.103. 'Farthest island' (20 Oct 2022)

Fig.104. 'FayRiae' (13 Oct 2022)

Fig.105. 'Worship my pain '

Fig.106. 'More di rovo. (Fairies among the thorns of desire)' (28 Oct 2022)

Fig.107. 'Queen of the Shells' (6 Nov 2022)

Fig.108. 'Poppy Fairy ' (6 Dec 2022)

Fig.109. 'Fiore di cardo (Thistle Fairy)' (13 Jan 2023)

Fig.110. Black fairy (March 2023)

Fig.111. Narwhal Fairies (10 March 2023)

Fig.112. Fairy mantis (21 Mar 2023)

Fig.113. Man Hawk Wasp: Seduction (24 Apr 2023)

Fig.114. Man Hawk Wasp (25 Apr 2023)

Fig.115. Man hawk wasp: Mating with the prey (17 May 2023)

Fig.116. Cobra Charmer (21 May 2023)

Fig.117. Aerial fairy (31 May 2023)

Fig.118. Japanese Mantis (26 May 2023)

Fig.119. Unicorns (2 June 2023)

Fig.120. Wasp Seduction (4 June 2023)

Fig.121. The entomologist (July 2023)

Fig.122. Dragonfly (4 Sept 2023)

Fig.123. Scutigera "The mistress centipede" (19 Sept 2023)

Fig.124. Map (6 Oct 2023)

Fig.125. Bounce (15 Oct 2023)

Fig.126. Castle (17 Oct 2023)

Fig.127. Mermaids in shallow water (25 Oct 2023)

Fig.128. Celestial (29 Oct 2023)

Fig.129. Royal flower. (Collab for Kingkong magazine) (8 Nov 2023)

Fig.130. Fairy of Spring (16 Apr 2024)

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