Yakoob on 21/12/2013 at 17:08
Quote Posted by Harvester
Yeah, Beksinski is disturbing but really great. I didn't know he was murdered though, sad to hear it.
On another forum I talked about Beksinski and they were like "wtf, it looks like something a depressed teenager would paint so it sucks". So yeah, an artist sucks because you don't like the subject matter. :rolleyes: It's like "yeah Rembrandt sucks, who cares about portraits of old dead people"
The thing is, half of art looks like it was painted by depressed teenager :p Don't they say misery and suffering are the best creative motivators?
faetal on 21/12/2013 at 18:32
Quote Posted by demagogue
Beksiński is a legend, so it's funny to me to hear him introduced like "hey check out this earless Dutch guy's art that's like Matisse meets Seurat on acid". But anyway, yeah, his stuff is awesome if you like dark surreal art.
That's how it was introduced to me, so it naturally how I passed it on. I don't really know much about art, just know what I like.
Nicker on 21/12/2013 at 19:12
Since you guys dug this thread up and revived it on the slab...
For those of you who have been more nautical than nice, this Xmas, the (
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Here's a similar website for aerial enthusiasts (
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