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Horrorphile - November 2007

THE ART LAIR - II

November 29th 2007 02:15

I love the way each person can interpret different things from a piece of artwork, more so than your average movie poster. As much as I love graphic design, a movie poster is, more often than not, designed to illicit an immediate and deliberate response from the viewer; basically the poster should be saying “You want to see this movie! Now!”

With a piece of artwork, whether it be an charcoal sketch, a water colour painting, an air-brushed illustration, or a metal sculpture, the intention of the artist is to create a reaction from the viewer; not necessarily a feel-good sensation, but definitely an excited one. With horror art, the artist’s intention is to create a sense of morbid fascination, unease, dread, a macabre rush of adrenalin as fear crawls up the spine, or, most effectively, a recoil, as the imagery reminds one of a recent nightmare!

As you will see in my artists' selection, I gravitate toward the horror art that romances the surreal, the lurid, the grotestque, yet strangely beautiful, and the dangerously sexual. Like Medusa, the siren, luring the impressionable hedonists to their doom. This is the second in my monthly post of horror artwork, The Art Lair. Savour these ghoulish displays of artistic expression like a fine goblet of dark arterial wine, then let the blood dribble down your chin and splash upon your breast where it congeals and glistens in the moonlight.

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Posted By: Bryn - Category: the art lair

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Comment by Michaelie

November 29th 2007 02:51

Flick Wit

Woah - some very evocative images Bryn. I love it.

The last one makes me want to sqeeze my eyes shut! So vulnerable!

Michaelie

Comment by Damo

November 29th 2007 03:19

That reminds me of my last eye test.
Good pics

Comment by Michaelie

November 29th 2007 03:24

Flick Wit

No more free clinics for you Damo.

Comment by Bryn

November 29th 2007 04:20

Horrorphile

Michaelie, glad you found them to your evocative taste, that was precisely the intent ... And, yes, I saved the most evocative til last ...

Damo, ocular horror has to be one of the most disturbing ...

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