Grotesque art

‘The Butcher’ (1990). Not every Russian citizen was pleased to see the end of Communism in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the 1980s and 1990s. Some, like the artist Geliy Korzhev (1925-2012) thought the changes wrought by perestoika were a betrayal of all the lives sacrificed in order to bring true equality to the Russian people. Korzhev thought the great socialist revolution had hardly started before it was being betrayed and abandoned by the politicians who had lived so…

This artwork features a grotesque yet uncannily beautiful middle-age male form, distorted into four dimensional bodies. The piece is rendered in a renaissance stylisation, combining historical art techniques with a surreal twist.

The grotesque miniatures of Korean sculptor Dongwook Lee are not for everyone, and yet his work stems from what he describes as a basic concern for all human beings. Previously featured here on our blog, the Seoul, Korea based artist's figures are small-scale sculptural works, most measuring no more than 12" inches high made of Polymer clay, that typically depict contorted human forms. He embodies the idea of physical "likeness" in his most recent sculptures, featuring humanoids with growths…

Virgines Ropars

Purchase the Book Avery Palmer is a painter and sculptor from Arcata, California. Implying bizarre narratives, Palmer’s paintings and sculptures encourage an engagement of the imagination. Inspired most notably by Surrealism, in particular surrealist painter Remedios Varo, his figurative dreamlike art presents ambiguous allegorical scenarios exploring

Crying Virgin Mary

Beau White