LONDON — Théo Mercier is ready for his next act and it involves snails.

The French artist will be taking over the Mor Charpentier gallery in Paris on Saturday through Oct. 1 with his exhibition “I Swallow Your Tears.”

“The original idea was to offer travel through the human figure,” he said in a preview interview.

Mercier has taken 15 busts from all around the world, spanning from the 13th century to present day and they’ve all been invaded by snails that the artist has carefully sculpted and painted onto each figure.

He 3D scanned each bust to analyze the placement of the snails and then recreated the slimy snails bodies by sticking original snail shells onto them. Some of the snail bodies have been painted gold. He produced more than a 100 snails with their own unique features

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