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    Posted: October 14 2013 at 03:16
I've become quite the fan of collage artist Ruth Crone Foster. I especially like her symmetrical, Rorschach inkblot-like collages centered around an unifying theme often with occult or psychedelic undertones. She really shows a knack for composition and finding some interesting imagery, Color Me Bad standing out as a personal favourite of mine. I actually think the bands AIDS Wolf and Causa Sui might have used her work as cover art, the new Red Fang LP definitely reminds me of her style.

At an exhibition this weekend, which went down really poorly thanks to bad planning resulting in half the artists backing out at the last minute, I also discovered the photographer Chris Calmer. I've actually been familiar with his not-safe-for-work-at-all body of work through Vice Magazine, I just didn't know his name until now.

There's some more artists I'd like to post, including several I know personally... but I can't find their websites right now. (not sure if they have more than Facebook pages) Stay tuned!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2013 at 15:15
I like Roger Dean and Wassily Kandinsky.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2013 at 15:28
I'm  a fan of surrealism in all it's forms .....Dali, Magritte, Varos, Delvaux, etc....
here's a link to Varos
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2013 at 18:45
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 02:26
Never heard of Remedios Varos, but I like the material that Dr. Wu posted. Her style reminds me of a cross between her countrywoman Frida Kahlo and an evil Marc Chagall. (I know that's kind of a contradiction in terms, but you get my drift)

That reminds me to bring up  Wenzel Hablik, a criminally underrated Austrian expressionist from between the two World Wars. I do think I've seen one of his paintings used as cover art for a book by either C. G. Jung or Friedrich Nietzsche, though.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:13
Patrick Hughes - first saw his work in the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow - he uses reverse perspective to create surreal 3D images. They simply "don't work" in 2D so you'll need to watch the video
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:18
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/zdislav-beksinski



Wow! I like some of this guys work.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:21
I like this womans work. Lynette Shelley from Philadelphia..

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:33
http://www.danaddington.com/addingtongallery/addington/addington.html

wax, tar, wood and fabric.
I don't know how to post pics but his art is worth looking at. Maybe somebody could post one of his pics for me
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 14:59
Like with Chris Calmer, I recognize Lynette Shelley's work from elsewhere but didn't know the artist's name until now. Thanks!

Got yet another contribution myself: The mystically inclined Russian symbolist Nicholas Roerich's paintings of the Eastern European/Central Asian mountain landscapes which always remind me of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's descriptions of the same in his novels. And now that we are at the subject of Russia, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's paintings of space are worth a mention too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 17:49
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Like with Chris Calmer, I recognize Lynette Shelley's work from elsewhere but didn't know the artist's name until now. Thanks!

Got yet another contribution myself: The mystically inclined Russian symbolist Nicholas Roerich's paintings of the Eastern European/Central Asian mountain landscapes which always remind me of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's descriptions of the same in his novels. And now that we are at the subject of Russia, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's paintings of space are worth a mention too.
Since you and I mentioned ufos on the book thread I believe that Roerich saw and painted ufos he experienced while mountain climbing many decades ago.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 17:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2013 at 18:02
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Like with Chris Calmer, I recognize Lynette Shelley's work from elsewhere but didn't know the artist's name until now. Thanks!
Prolly 'cos Shelley is the singer with The Red Masque and her artwork features on their album covers...
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2013 at 15:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2013 at 11:02
^ I don't usually like kinetic art but those are cool Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2013 at 11:19
Be sure to also check out Lilith Keogh. (NSFW) She's among the most extreme and raw of the many "morbid vaguely Art Nouveau mythological/fairytale motif" artists to pop up recently. Here in Scandinavia it's probably the masterful Julie Nord who kicked it off, she's probably my single favourite currently active Danish artist.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2013 at 11:52
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Like with Chris Calmer, I recognize Lynette Shelley's work from elsewhere but didn't know the artist's name until now. Thanks! Got yet another contribution myself: The mystically inclined Russian symbolist Nicholas Roerich's paintings of the Eastern European/Central Asian mountain landscapes which always remind me of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's descriptions of the same in his novels. And now that we are at the subject of Russia, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's paintings of space are worth a mention too.


Lynette Shelley is apparently a big King Crimson fan too. I think she sings in a prog band.. and she's quite cute..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2013 at 12:04
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Like with Chris Calmer, I recognize Lynette Shelley's work from elsewhere but didn't know the artist's name until now. Thanks! Got yet another contribution myself: The mystically inclined Russian symbolist Nicholas Roerich's paintings of the Eastern European/Central Asian mountain landscapes which always remind me of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's descriptions of the same in his novels. And now that we are at the subject of Russia, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's paintings of space are worth a mention too.


Lynette Shelley is apparently a big King Crimson fan too. I think she sings in a prog band.. and she's quite cute..

She's the lead singer of The Red Masque.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2013 at 12:35
Sometimes I don't know why I bother... Ouch

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Like with Chris Calmer, I recognize Lynette Shelley's work from elsewhere but didn't know the artist's name until now. Thanks!

Prolly 'cos Shelley is the singer with The Red Masque and her artwork features on their album covers...
 
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