Contemporary Surrealism

Zdzisław Beksiński Born: February 24, 1929; Sanok, Poland  Died: February 21, 2005; Warsaw, PolandActive Years: 1955 – 2005Nationality: PolishArt Movement: Surrealism Zdzisław Beksiński was born on 24 February 1929 in Sanok, southern Poland. He studied architecture at the Krakow University of Technology. He survived World War II and continued to draw provocative pieces during Communist times in Poland, when many forms of art were frowned upon, […]

Wayne Barlowe is a world-renowned concept, creature artist, and author. Barlowe has created concept art and creature design for films such as Avatar, Harry Potter, the RIPD, Hellboy, and Pacific Rim. He studied at Cooper Union where he started his career painting covers for Sci-fi and fantasy novels. He’s written and illustrated guides exploring life […]

Jaroslaw’s surrealistic work includes three main themes. Surrealistic, epic dreamscapes. Strange skin-monsters. Erotic fantasy art. (Not  included in this post.) Much of his work is preoccupied with the concept of time; clocks are the subject of a fourth sculptural series. http://kukowski.pl/

Thai artist Supamas Taweechotipatr creates dark paintings with a pop-surrealist twist.   http://www.behance.net/tientien https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tien-gallery/264222540361470

Via Creep Machine: And artist working out of Tokyo, 非 works primarily with computer software to create these amazing digital paintings. In a way the art reminds me a bit of YDK Morimoe (featured), but perhaps they are both a part of the same art groups online and have influenced each other. It really is […]