Hell House: The Art of Esao Andrews
Esao Andrews combines a colorful palette with a Gothic sensibility. Some of his paintings are twists on traditional portraits from earlier epochs akin to the work of Nicola Samorì. Wildly dilapidated and foreboding houses are a recurring motif, and, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson‘s psychological horror stories, depict the inner, psychical falling apart, decay, distortion, and warping. Fairy tales and folklore, including Pinocchio and Thumbelina, loom in the forefront with menacing or perverted appeal. In some works, his vibrant style illustrates the bizarre, the obscene, and aberrations, contrasting atrocious or monstrous things such as a giant, bloated black spider with a symbol of sweetness, purity, and elevation such as a child or an angel. Some of his illustrations are cartoonish, charmingly retro, with a dark, whimsical sense of humor, while others are realistically rendered and Dali-esque, while yet others are macabre and lovelorn, bloody tale-telling depictions.
Tags: (twists on) traditional art, dark, illustrations, innocence/menace, macabre, modern fairy tales, monsteresque, neo-victorian, pop surrealism, portraits, realism, religious imagery, spiders, surreal, symbolism, victorian
Sorcha O’Raghallaigh’s Fall/Winter 2011 Collection Lookbook
{Designs by Sorcha O’Raghallaigh
Photographed by Saga Sig
Styled by Anna Trevelyan}Tags: avant-garde goth, black garments, black roses, fashion editorial, flowers in hair, garlands, halo, mystical/feral jewelry, primordial, religious imagery, serpents, spooky animal-themed jewelry, sterling-silver jewelry, tattered, transparency/layering, witchy
S. Jin’s “Black Moon Cult” Series
Egads! I just picked up a set of four 5.5×8.5″ prints of the mightily talented S. Jin’s Black Moon Cult series from her Etsy shop today. Gorgeous!
See the rest of the series below.
Tags: anatomical-themed, animals, bones, distorted bodies, exposed anatomy, flowers, illustrations, intricate line drawings, modern fairy tales, nature, religious imagery, surreal, sweet/melancholy, truncated forms
The Savage Idiot: The Art of Richard Stipl
Richard Stipl’s obscene, gory, and irreverent sculptures and installations are lifelike to the extreme, and revolve around subverted religious imagery and images of corrupted dignity. He also creates mixed media works, such as Pentagram (below).
Tags: bizarre, blood, death/religion/sex, distorted bodies, flour-white face, gory, installation art, realism, red and white, religious imagery, richard stipl, sculptures, unnaturally colored flesh, weird sculptures
New Realism: The Art of Korin Faught
Taking cues from classical art (she is a self-confessed devotee of the Dutch master Vermeer), Korin Faught paints beautiful, realistic, and surreal portraits of women, in white dresses and Dutch caps, often in groups or interactions of enigmatic/symbolic meaning; a striking blend of the modern and the traditional, a balance between a crisp and precise style, and an expressive and sharply imaginative quality. I love the whiteness contrasted with the touch of melancholy to the atmosphere and the vague sense of twisted foreboding.
Tags: (twists on) traditional art, classicism, femininity, korin faught, mystical, photorealism, puritanical, realism, religious imagery, religious symbolism, sexuality, symbolism, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, virtuoso, white
Neo-Victorianism + Japanese Inspiration + Consumer Whoredom: The Art of Alex Gross
The Victorian era, traditional Japanese art and contemporary Japanese pop culture, super-consumer culture, mid-century America, classic Christian iconography, poster art, ironic/mystical symbolism, and ice cream cones all mix together in Alex Gross’ bright, colorful brand of Pop Surrealism.
Tags: (twists on) traditional art, 1950s, animals, classic hollywood, colorful, consumerism, edo-period japan, geisha-inspired, neo-victorian, nurse, pop surrealism, religious imagery, retro, symbolism, victorian
Agostino Arrivabene
Tags: (twists on) traditional art, classicism, colorful, greek mythology, medieval inspiration, mystical, realism, religious imagery, renaissance, symbolism, virtuoso
The Art of Blackdante
So lovely.
See her online portfolio here.
Tags: alien beauty, art nudes, emotive, expressive, flour-white face, hauntingly beautiful, horror photography, implied horror, medical-themed, otherworldly photography, photomanipulation, religious imagery, soft color, strange beauty, surreal
Demonic Visions and Sacred Images: The Art of Roberto Ferri
Tags: (twists on) traditional art, angels, art nudes, classicism, fleshy, photorealism, realism, religious imagery, renaissance, virtuoso
Satanic Reveries: Paintings by David Stoupakis
David Stoupakis’ meticulously crafted, realistically rendered, colorful paintings contrast innocence with sin and corruption, and are reminiscent of medieval religious paintings, inverting that religiosity with a sinister perspective. His work reflects the influence of past, traditional art, evoking an almost classic sense of harmony, in the way that the paintings are composed and the backgrounds are rendered, and his subjects are also drawn from the Victorian era.
In my very humble opinion, Catholicism is the sexiest of the major religions, with the most striking visceral/visual impact, and Stoupakis uses his subversion of that element to create a sense of enthrallment and delight in his self-contained, perfectly framed paintings filled with symbolic objects and done in bold colors.
Tags: apples, children, classicism, cryptic, david stoupakis, innocence/menace, modern fairy tales, neo-victorian, pop surrealism, religious imagery, symbolism, twins/doppelgangers/doubles
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