MILWAUKEE — He's known across the world. His art is in dozens upon dozens of private collections and museums. Yet, in Milwaukee, he is seemingly just another guy you pass in the grocery store.

"It always seems that the hometown kid - I have more popularity in every other place in the world, it seems."

That doesn't bother him, though. That man is artist Marc Sijan. He is one of the best hyper-realism sculptors in the world. His Bay View studio is filled with tons of life-like sculptures, half-finished sculptures, face masks, and more.

“I think it’s probably the oldest subject matter known to mankind. Everybody’s always interpreted the human anatomy. The caveman, the Romans, the Greeks, the modern-day man," Sijan said.

Hyper-realistic sculptures are Sijan's interpretation of the human bo

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