Inspirations

Artist Tishk Barzanji Explores Human Tragedy In Psychedelic Architectural Illustrations

Kurdish-British artist Tishk Barzanji creates surreal, architecture-infused illustrations that depict impossible structures and dark domestic scenes, to engage with difficult subject matters. Barzanji began publishing the brightly hued illustrations on his Instagram account in 2016, and has posted more than 100 different designs in this style to date.

“Surrealism helps to connect my ideas and to show a glimpse of my imagination,” Barzanji told Dezeen.

Barzanji uses a diary to record his observations of the public’s interactions with the built environment – citing train stations, theatres and parks as some of the places he visits to make sketches that form the starting point of his work.

“I’m fascinated by how people live, how they communicate, and the way architecture leads the way we use space,” he says.

More: Tishk Barzanji, Instagram, Facebook h/t: dezeen

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