Saturday, April 29, 2006

Antoine Bernhart
Since there aren't any websites dedicated to Bernhart, I chose to scan in and upload a selection of his works from the "Rope, Rapture and Bloodshed" book at flickr. If Bernhart or anyone representing him wants these images taken offline just ask me and I'll remove them.

Bernhart's paintings are brutal violent grotesque and imaginative works. Masked characters, monsters, animals and peculiar toy like things interact with nude women usually in some form of bondage.
To see a few other works by Bernhart, check out this thread.

ATTENTION - I've been forced to make this gallery private. I'm new to the whole flickr thing. Send me a friend request on the flickr page and I should be able to give you access to the paintings. If anyone is interested in hosting these paintings on an open website please let me know!

Friday, April 28, 2006

Reinhard Scheibner
Continuing on with another artist from the Le Dernier Cri camp, Scheibner has created some very odd imagery. This image of nude figures interacting with worm like monsters is a good example of just how unusual his work can be.

Click here to see samples from Scheibner's book "Linometal".

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Stu Mead
Another artist associated with Le Dernier Cri, Mead has made some very unusual works. He has a penchant for making incredibly obscene yet humorous imagery.

You can purchase books and prints made by Stu Mead at Le Dernier Cri's website. Here is an example of one of his books available from the site.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Yamamoto Jin
Yamamoto's images explore surreal manipulations of the human anatomy. His doll sculpture is particularly disturbing with its strange interior.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Hans Bellmer
Hans is best known for his strange female doll sculptures that are usually mutated in one way or another. His drawings are very visceral with grotesque and surreal displays of intercourse. Bellmer's influence can be seen in much of the work of H.R Giger and other more contemporary artists like Hans Rickheit. For more info on Hans Bellmer, check out his page at wikipedia.

I've had to piece together what I could find on the net as there isn't a decent website dedicated to the work of Bellmer. Maybe someday.
2nd Gallery
3rd Gallery
Myspace page dedicated to Bellmer
2 Sculptures
1 Sculpture
Article on Bellmer with pictures

Monday, April 24, 2006

Ryuko Azuma's "Coitus Interruptus"
In this art blog you will find some incredibly unusual erotic art. It is also filled with a lot of drawings of monsters and strange creatures. I encourage you to browse through the past months of the blog as every month has a great selection of very weird imagery. This is one of the more bizarre art blogs I've run across.

Oscar Chichoni
The style of Chichoni uses the mechanical and incorporates gothic imagery such as gargoyles as well as other fantastical elements. All of his imagery contains rich textures that often emulates a rusted surface.

2nd Gallery
Single Image
Single Image

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Céline Guichard
Here is a French artist who specializes in abstracting and rearranging the human anatomy into a deformed and peculiar display. Some of Guichard's drawings incorporate photographs of sections from the human body, creating an odd collage of the drawn and the real. His comics have a similarity to the work of Edward Gorey.

2nd Gallery
3rd Gallery
8 Page Comic

Toshio Saeki
Certainly one of the more bizarre artists I've ever posted on here. Toshio Saeki has been called " the godfather of Japanese erotica ". He makes some of the most perverted, twisted, demented and yet fascinating images. The sexual fetishes played out in his art often have a David Cronenberg vibe about them. The fetishes are so over the top and fantastic that they become something you could only imagine existing in a weird dream or nightmare.

2nd Gallery
3rd Gallery
4th Gallery
5th Gallery
6th Gallery
Single Image
Single Image
Article
You can also find a selection of his books for sale here.