Martine Johanna
Martine Johanna does gorgeous, highly detailed, melancholy, sometimes eerie, vividly surreal drawings and paintings. See lots, lots more below.
Tags: "ethereal woodland maiden" look, animals, colorful, hauntingly beautiful, modern fairy tales, realism, surreal, sweet/melancholy
Trailers for “Alice: Madness Returns”
Several months ago I posted the short teaser trailer for Alice: Madness Returns, the upcoming sequel to American McGee’s Alice which will be released on June 14th of this year. Here are three more trailers which give an enticing taste of the game:
Tags: alice in wonderland, colorful, dark fairy tales, dreamscapes, hauntingly beautiful, horror video games, innocence/menace, insane asylum aesthetic, insanity, madness, neo-victorian, psychological horror, surreal, trailers
“In the Trees”: A Twin Peaks Art Exhibition
In the Trees was an art exhibition featuring art inspired by David Lynch’s television show Twin Peaks, for its 20th anniversary. It opened on February 12. These are my favorite works from the show (you can view all of them here):
Audrey by Stella Im Hultberg
The New Girl at One-Eyed Jack’s by Chris Mars
Mrs. Lanterman’s Daughter by Chris MarsTags: art shows, chris mars, colorful, david lynch, hauntingly beautiful, macabre, realism, stella im hultberg, unnaturally colored flesh
Ray Caesar – “A Gentle Kind of Cruelty”
Ray Caesar (see my previous post on him here) is currently exhibiting a solo show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, entitled A Gentle Kind of Cruelty.
Images from the show below via Blood Milk, Hi-Fructose, and Arrested Motion. I love the beautiful detail shots taken by JL Schnabel of Blood Milk, which show the true marvelousness and beauty of Caesar’s work as it would appear close-up in person.
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, art shows, colorful, cute/creepy little girls, doll-like, dollflesh, femininity, hauntingly beautiful, historically inspired, innocence/menace, interiors, lolita-esque, monsteresque, neo-victorian, pop surrealism, ray caesar, retro, sexuality, victorian
Film Review: Enter the Void
2009′s Enter the Void is the third film I’ve seen by French director Gaspar Noé, the other two being Irreversible and I Stand Alone. It’s my favorite of the three. This post is long overdue, as I saw (and was blown away by) it several months ago.
From the very beginning, with its blaringly colorful, garishly flashy, epileptic seizure-inducing opening titles, Enter the Void is obviously striving to do something visually very different and impactive, aiming for sensory overload and trippy, mind-bending experiences. And it succeeds. Destined for controversy and lots of hate due to its graphic sexual content and themes, I think few people would deny that visually, it’s pretty interesting and innovative.
Tags: colorful, conceptual, erotic, experimental, film reviews, gaspar noe, indescribable, mindfuck, new french extremity, psychedelic
Art by 非
His dreamy, unearthly-colored paintings are stunningly beautiful.
Tags: animals, colorful, mystical, realism, surreal, trauma, unnaturally colored flesh, virtuoso
Short Film: “Monarch”
A lovely experimental short film, titled Monarch, with styling and modeling by one of my favorite alternative models and greatest creative/style inspirations, Anna Swiczeniuk, also known as Aiko273, and filmed by Markabre Charade.
Tags: 1920s, aiko273, colorful, emotive, hauntingly beautiful, homage to silent film, makeup, short films
Cadaverous Beauty: Silent-View Photography
Tags: avant-garde goth, colorful, corsets, emotive, fashion photography, geisha-inspired, headdresses, latex, neo-victorian, saturated color, teacups
Preternaturally Beautiful Horror Photography by Jenn Violetta
Visit Jenn Violetta on Flickr for more of her wonderful photography.
Tags: abuse, blood, bruises, children, colorful, emotive, flour-white face, hauntingly beautiful, horror photography, injuries, innocence, jenn violetta, medical-themed, military-themed, otherworldly photography, photomanipulation, political, surreal, trauma, violence
Vintage Dream Photography by Ellen Rogers
Ellen Rogers‘ gorgeous, experimental film photography, reminiscent of 19th-century hand-colored pictures, always makes me feel like I’ve entered an ethereal dreamland that combines the past and the present seamlessly, where beautiful princesses come out of the shadows and mists and lure you. Rogers does everything with analog cameras, film, and darkroom techniques only, with the resulting images being sometimes blurred, overlaid, and having other interesting and charmingly individual effects. Sometimes black-and-white, sometimes with the unreal, super-saturated color of vintage photos, her work is delightful and dreamy and piquant.
Tags: art nudes, black and white, colorful, ellen rogers, flowers in hair, headdresses, high fashion, otherworldly photography, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, vintage
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