Stoned Mutants in Grotesque and Surreal Paintings by Fabrizio Riccardi
Fabrizio Riccardi (Italian, b.1942,) one of the last few living “traditional” surrealist painters, was born in Rome, Italy, but grew up in Turin, where he completed his studies and began to develop his artistic skills. Continue reading »
What We Will Look Like by The End of 2022: Grotesque Portraits by Christian Rex van Minnen
The skillful artist is not only a witness to his time, but also capable of guessing the future. Christian Rex van Minnen is a perfect example in this sense. The artist himself states that he only does abstraction in portraiture, but one look at his work is enough to understand that van Minnen, with his heel and scrotum-like faces, has clearly seen how we will all look at the end of the year 2022, so far one of the nastiest years of this millennium. Continue reading »
The Absurd West, the Strange East: The Grotesque Paintings of Lui Liu
Lui Liu was born in March 1957 in North China and came to Canada in 1991. Speaking both Chinese and English fluently, Lui Liu possesses superb painterly techniques, his unique language that finds a wide range of audience around the world. His acquisition of techniques started during China’s Cultural Revolution when he was a young boy painting posters on the streets and continued in the most prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Continue reading »
Raul Moreno Coslado’s Grotesque Portraits and Illustrations
Raúl Moreno Coslado is a Spanish comics artist. Watching his work, you get the feeling that Coslado is a maximally omnivorous artist – he draws grotesque cartoons, comics, concepts for animation, and everything in between. His illustrations are still distinctive and recognizable – see for yourself. Continue reading »
Bizarre and Grotesque Illustrations by Alex Gamsu Jenkins
Alex Jenkins is an illustrator and animation director based in south London, where he also grew up and studied Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts. Continue reading »
Grotesque, Occult, and Bizarre Images by William Mortensen, the Forgotten Hollywood Photographer
Photographer Ansel Adams, whose beautiful black and white landscapes full of mountains still grace both museum and office walls, called fellow photographer William Mortensen “the Anti-Christ” for what he did to the art of photography. Continue reading »
