The Post-Apocalyptic Art of Zdzisław Beksiński
While prowling the tubes looking for some background on the illustrations Gustave Doré did for Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, I serendipitously discovered the grim, post-apocalyptic paintings and drawings of Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński. His pieces range from the hauntingly beautiful to the surreal and disturbing.
Iluminatornia Gnosis has what may be the most extensive online gallery of Beksiński’s work.
Following several years of sadness and tragedy, including the death of his wife and the suicide of his son, Zdzisław Beksiński was stabbed to death by an employee’s teenage son in 2005. The remaining artwork in his estate is represented by the Belvedere Gallery. The Gallery also presents Zdzisław Beksiński’s art on a beautifully rendered official site.
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Ooooh… Those are really and truly stunning… Like Giger meets, I dunno, Arthur Rackham? Charles Robinson? Aubrey Beardsley?
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I thought the same thing when I first saw Beksiński’s work: Giger and … and … I can’t quite put my finger on who else. And I can’t believe I hadn’t come across his art before. What a deprived life I’ve led!
Other than Giger, this is the most compelling example of dark art I have ever witnessed. I mean I feel the desolate pain of this artist and can disapeer within his works for an eternity.
I love this work. I’ve seen some stuff like it but not this tortured or this dark or this melodic. Although very different, Arnau Alemany is saying something also. But he’s talking about a darkness that died almost at the moment of its inception. Oscar Oiwa–Chaos series…especially Stairs and Green River. Completely different also. Between the three they cover a lot.
stop comparing this to Giger. Giger is a leach and mechanics style of art used as conceptual. Beksinski’s paintings carry so much emotion and links us to other worlds. You can put yourself in his shoes, so impatient with death. Frustrated like a dream in which you can’t throw a punch or run away.
Comparison comes easier when thinking about Salvador Dali or Hieronymus Bosch.
Nice I love this guys work… I am not a depressing person but this work makes me think…
Thanks