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Topic: Cool or unusual art
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Subject: Cool or unusual art
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 03:16
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I've become quite the fan of collage artist http://ruthcronefoster.dk/" rel="nofollow - 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, http://ruthcronefoster.dk/project/color-me-bad/" rel="nofollow - 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 http://www.chriscalmer.com/" rel="nofollow - 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! ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
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Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 15:15
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I like Roger Dean and Wassily Kandinsky. ------------- "Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself" - Sartre |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 15:28
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I'm a fan of surrealism in all it's forms .....Dali, Magritte, Varos, Delvaux, etc....
here's a link to Varos
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/remedios-varo/mode/all-paintings" rel="nofollow - http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/remedios-varo/mode/all-paintings
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/remedios-varo/creation-of-the-birds" rel="nofollow">  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 18:45
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http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/zdislav-beksinski" rel="nofollow - http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/zdislav-beksinski
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 02:26
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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 http://weimarart.blogspot.dk/2010/08/wenzel-hablik.html" rel="nofollow - 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. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:13
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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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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:18
Wow! I like some of this guys work. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Tuzvihar wrote:Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:21
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I like this womans work. Lynette Shelley from Philadelphia.. http://www.lynnetteshelley.com/philadelphia-artist-lynnette-shelley.html" rel="nofollow - Lynette Shelley ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 13:33
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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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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 14:59
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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: http://www.roerich.org/roerich-paintings-selected.php" rel="nofollow - 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, http://spacearttribute.blogspot.dk/2006/03/cosmonauts-as-artists.html" rel="nofollow - cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's paintings of space are worth a mention too. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 17:49
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.
Synchronicity rears it's bizarre head.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 17:56
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I've always been a fan of Bosch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg" rel="nofollow">
 and my friend Bill turned me onto this book
http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBooks/serafini-fantasy-art-weird/Codex-Seraphinianus.shtml" rel="nofollow - http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBooks/serafini-fantasy-art-weird/Codex-Seraphinianus.shtml ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 18:02
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: October 20 2013 at 15:56
More and better pics: http://the-dimka.livejournal.com/6645.html?nojs=1" rel="nofollow - http://the-dimka.livejournal.com/6645.html?nojs=1 .  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 10:25
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 11:02
^ I don't usually like kinetic art but those are cool 
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 11:19
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Be sure to also check out http://lilithkeogh.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow - 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 http://www.julienord.dk/" rel="nofollow - Julie Nord who kicked it off, she's probably my single favourite currently active Danish artist. (Admin Note ... a link fixed.) ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 11:52
Lynette Shelley is apparently a big King Crimson fan too. I think she sings in a prog band..  and she's quite cute..  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 12:04
She's the lead singer of http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3007" rel="nofollow - The Red Masque .
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 12:35
Sometimes I don't know why I bother... 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 12:44
Yeah but I provided a link.  
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 12:51
Ah yes, The Red Masque..  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: May 25 2014 at 14:52
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Hope you don't mind me resurrecting this thread, having found some stuff recently that I think fits it. http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_psychedelic_coffee-based_hand-drawn_animations_of_jake_fried" rel="nofollow - This gentleman does these incredibly detailed and rather disturbing coffee-based surrealistic animated short films. The style reminds me of a very twisted take on Alex Grey's output. (he's best known for the cover art he did for several Tool records) ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: PC-72
Date Posted: May 29 2014 at 09:40
I am seconding the following:
And because I am either blind or really don't see the late H. R. Giger mentioned anywhere, I'll just innocently mention his delightfully nightmarish body of work... ------------- A negative number was raised to a power that is not an integer. |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: June 18 2014 at 04:01
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My immediate guess is that he'd be too obvious a choice and well known. Either that, or the fact most of of his art isn't safe for work at all. Here's some more stuff from Dangerous Minds: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_gory_and_grotesque_art_of_soviet_antireligious_propaganda1" rel="nofollow - Rather disturbing Soviet anti-religious propaganda . Why no metal/punk/industrial music group has used any of those as album covers is a mystery to me. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 18 2014 at 08:57
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There's a local artist in my hometown named Erin Mulligan who I just saw an exhibit of. Here's an article with a sampling of her work - there's a definite Dali and Bosch influence at play here: http://www.cantonart.org/erin-mulligan-exhibition" rel="nofollow - http://www.cantonart.org/erin-mulligan-exhibition ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: June 20 2014 at 16:36
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This woman creates convincing realistic landscapes through http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/06/embroidered-landscapes-and-plants-by-ana-teresa-barboza/?src=footer" rel="nofollow - embroidering yarn .
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: June 29 2014 at 01:49
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Now that people mentioned Harry Bosch: On the subject of Captain Beefheart's ancestors, I've also gotta mention http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/" rel="nofollow - Pieter Brueghel the Elder . He pioneered the entire Dutch-Flemish style of elaborate motifs of low-down peasantry, disturbing fantastic motifs with a high attention to detail and an overall feel of filth and decay to it? His aesthetic's got a very distinctive feeling to it, that's rather immersive but also difficult to describe properly.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 29 2014 at 02:48
| Reminds me of http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=85633&KW=" rel="nofollow - this thread . |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: June 29 2014 at 04:39
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Forgot to mention that this weekend I've been to an art exhibition here in Copenhagen, my favourite of the artists exhibited was http://karinakejserbohl.dk/" rel="nofollow - Karina Kejser Bøhl who does these fantastic close-to-monochrome paintings of abandoned buildings and forest landscapes. The others included potter/painter http://www.ruthlorentzen.dk/" rel="nofollow - Ruth Lorenzen and Morten Ingemann who's best known as a political cartoonist but also http://gallerioxholm.dk/morten-ingemann/" rel="nofollow - exhibited several more serious paintings in a grotesque surrealist style . Will look into the oeuvres of Mati Klarwein and Robert Pollard after Dayvenkirq linked to that previous similarly-themed thread. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: July 13 2014 at 05:07
People http://jalopnik.com/5803928/ten-cars-that-look-like-they-were-designed-by-aliens/" rel="nofollow - frequently joke
that the famous Citröen DS looks like something from a different planet
or even 60 years later still resembles a car of the future. Well, Jacob
Munkhammar has photoshopped a bunch of old Citröens of several models
to http://jacobmunkhammar.deviantart.com/gallery/" rel="nofollow - look like futuristic hovercars .  If less technological motifs are more your bag, you might like Rogan Brown's http://roganbrown.com/home.html" rel="nofollow - paper sculptures of microscopic forms found in nature both organic and mineral. Some of them look more like alien winter landscapes or decidedly Freudian.    (yes, I'll later on try to find some more material that isn't just reblogged from Dangerous Minds) ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 06:18
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Red a while ago about an artist who contracetd and survived cancer of the pineal gland, of all things. The http://ultraculture.org/blog/2014/08/14/incredible-psychedelic-paintings-man-pineal-cancer/" rel="nofollow - resulting paintings about the ordeal turn out to be quite something, insanely detailed and trippy. Would make for quite good progressive rock cover art, also kind of reminds me of both Philip K. Dick's VALIS and Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus Trilogy.
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Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 06:56
We have a winner!
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 30 2014 at 05:23
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Got a biography of her, complete with lots of illustrations, as a Christmas present last year but haven't read it yet. Will get around to that probably when I'm done with my master's thesis. Here's some more nominations, rather disturbing dark fantasy/gothic horror stuff by http://polarmaya.deviantart.com/gallery/" rel="nofollow - Polar Maya and http://www.tickld.com/x/31-horrifying-monster-drawn-entirely-on-post-its" rel="nofollow - Don Kenn . The latter in particular draws like a deranged and evil version of Hayao Miyazaki. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Donny Doom
Date Posted: September 14 2014 at 20:27
WOW totally wicked! -------------  |
Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: September 14 2014 at 20:36
 ------------- "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?" |
Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: September 16 2014 at 19:19
I've been always admiring Napalm by Banksy ------------- Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth) |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: September 29 2014 at 14:15
Check out http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/fiveyearold-iris-grace-is-raising-awareness-of-autism-through-her-extraordinary-paintings-9761351.html" rel="nofollow - these paintings by a 5-year old autistic girl named Iris Carter. Almost Monet-esque.  ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: October 04 2014 at 15:33
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Here's http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/new-anatomical-collages-by-travis-bedel/" rel="nofollow - some very complex collages involving anatomical and plant motifs in often morbid combinations. They're very large and complex, not too dissimilar from the infamous Voynich Manuscript. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: lilith keogh
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 16:40
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Hi! I see that the link Toaster Mantis put out for my tumblr page is not working since I changed it when I changed my name from Lillit to Lilith. The correct url is now lilithkeogh.tumblr.com  |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 18:00
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^ Fixed. Thanks for your notification. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 04:03
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Was just about to log on in order to fix the link to Lilith Keogh's website, only to see that's already been taken account of. Her new art is quite good, if completely different - apparently she's not just been inspired by traditional Japanese art but also exhibiting in that country. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 29 2014 at 10:31
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I just stumbled upon another great artist. Check this out: http://weirdfictionreview.com/2012/03/the-fascinating-monsters-of-artist-aeron-alfrey" rel="nofollow - http://weirdfictionreview.com/2012/03/the-fascinating-monsters-of-artist-aeron-alfrey ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 29 2014 at 11:28
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That is, as Insane Clown Posse say, some wicked sh*t. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: January 01 2015 at 15:19
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Sprayed ink on A6 photo paper, from http://www.artquid.com/gallery/c.rime/l-ogre.html" rel="nofollow - this artist . Actually those are crops of A6 format pictures that all represent skulls ! The source visuals are much smaller than what they seem.      ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 05:49
Someone's created digital sculptures that are self-expanding and self-sustaining based around the mathematical algorithms they're based on, living and evolving independently of the artist. They also kind of look like mechanical flowers, especially when they unfold.   When you have time, take care to http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_au/blog/alien-digital-sculptures-generate-themselves?utm_source=tcptwitteranz" rel="nofollow - watch the video . ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 06:45
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Good to know people keep exploring new maths combinations! It made me want some mandelbulb trip, long time since I haven't enjoyed one ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 02:51
In the vein of the last link I posted, check out http://www.olschinsky.at/" rel="nofollow - Atelier Olschinsky too. It's got a similar almost-1990s retro-futuristic cyberpunk aesthetic in these collage-like colourful chaotic cityscapes. Kinda reminds me of the cover art for some editions of Wm. Gibson's Bridge trilogy, or the aesthetics of the first couple Wipe Out games. I actually think Olschinsky might have worked on either... ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |