Many women find themselves in this position, silently and powerfully running a home and family, creating beauty and order from chaos, but unnoticed by the outer world, the people around them, or even themselves. Yet, obsessing and perfecting the home and its trappings often shape the identity of many of us (not only women.) Perfecting a space with objects or décor becomes so central that one’s identity becomes fused with it to the point of invisibility.
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Manhattan Meltdown by artist Aaron Bernstein
Iconic Manhattan streets food encapsulated in ice slowly come back as the melting process begins in a series of surreal photography created by artist Arron Bernstein.
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Paintings by Vanessa Stockard
Playful portraits full of symbolism, style and fashion. All created by Australian artist Vanessa Stockard. See some selected works below:
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Slash & Burn series by Terje Abusdal
Artist Terje Abusdal manipulates his photography and bodies of nature creating hauntingly surreal images using fire, lights and smoke. See the series below: “Slash & Burn” series by Terje Abusdal
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Surreal Art by Wangechi Mutu
Glamours and creepy Characters all regally posed and built up of hyperfem objects.
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Art by Holly Pilot
Holly Pilot creates designs heavily inspired by vintage children books with a strange surreal edge. “Recently I’ve been collecting children’s books – primarily Disney – and comic books from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. I then select images with interesting forms of textures. I’ll begin to intuitively compile them together digitally until I’ve created an atmosphere or narrative I’m satisfied with. I like to focus on the background imagery or details from the source material, abstracting the familiar,” See some selected works below:
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Oil Paintings by Gregory Jacobsen
“I paint figures, focusing on the little bits that obsess me…a little flab hanging over a waistband, ill-fitting shoes, overbites, noses, teeth, and flesh. Either through portraiture or busy tableaux, I create a world and vocabulary of characters that live and embrace their so-called faults. Over the years, this work has developed into piles that are corpulent and visceral stand-ins for characters. Meat, junk, pasties, and genital-like fruit and vegetables are constructed into heroic yet pathetic towers. These piles also act as a sort of forensic evidence and cataloging of awkward sex, gross gluttony, ridiculous masturbation rituals, and endless humiliation and failure.” – Gregory Jacobsen
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Clay Sculptures by Ronit Baranga
Surreal clay sculptures by artist Ronit Baranga featuring smashed off heads gripping warped tea sets. See some selected works below:
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Paintings by Kim Sangduck
Surreal and sensual paintings created by South Korean artist Kim Sangduck featuring blossoming self exploration in bright pastel imagery. See some selected works below:
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Art by Lakormis
Warped portraits and murals from bashed in liquefied faces to melting facial features. All created by Istanbul based artist Lakormis. See some selected works below:
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Editorial by Tim Walker
Virile masculinity meets a warped Salvador Dali-esque surreal imagery in a menswear editorial captured by fashion photographer Tim Walker. See the shoot below:
