He’s like the Abed of racism

Seems to be named Panopticon

Ah, good catch! Title’s been updated. I’m too clumsy with the reverse image search.

Is this Junji Ito?

We’ve never seen the two of them in the same room so we can’t rule out that possibility

What is this art style called?

Water color I’m guessing

i have a feeling i butchered the title somewhat

I love everything about this. The detailing on the guy’s face, how cartoonishly spooky the monster behind the door is, but really the overall texture of the canvas is what sets it apart. 10/10

you can make this a post if you want

Looks like the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany .

Thank you, I’ve updated the title

I don’t get the arrangement art thing. It’s satisfying to see things laid out neatly, but it’s also satisfying to power wash crud off my patio, and I wouldn’t call either one art.

But different strokes for different folks I suppose.

I think intention is a key element when it comes to defining what is and isn’t art. From the very little I understand about the field, all something needs to be qualified as art is the existence of a canvas (patio) and an artist (you) and the intention—on your end—to leave an impression of your desire on the canvas.

If you one day decided —for shits and giggles— to power-wash the crud off your patio such that the end-result resembled Monalisa, would that be art? I’d say so, whether people around you say your patio-lisa bears a striking resemblance to the real thing or not depends entirely on how good you are with the power-washer; i.e, whether its good art or bad art is up to interpretation, but it will forever be qualified as art, to the extent that you wanted to make Patio-Lisa in the first place.

Which is what makes this type of art—alongside all abstract art—somewhat exhausting to interpret. You never know if the artist actually meant anything with these squares and lines and blocks of colors or if they’re simply yanking your chain and you’re risking the prospect of being scammed for believing there is meaning where there is none.

It’s like running into a group of friends who’s only ever listened to Eminem their entire lives telling you mumble rap is utter garbage before running into a gang of suit wearing rap aficionados telling you it has its place in modern day Hip-hop and you’re put in this tough spot where you don’t know who to believe…

or at least that’s my take on it.

It reminds me of that one person who painted self portraits while progressing through dementia.

Picasso?

Ah, I mixed up ‘looky’ and ‘look-see’

John Cena?

If this was John Cena, you’d be looking at an empty sky with vegetation on the side

I’m gonna use this one comment to react to everyone else here.

I don’t know if I should feel amused by the controversy this post has raked up, or feel happy finding out that the community is active after all (I was genuinely starting to believe we were dying out)

So I kind of feel both??

This artist is a self-proclaimed ‘object arranger’ so I think his works fall under ‘arrangement art.’ pretentious or not, I do believe in celebrating experimental forms of art rather than alienating them for not conforming to what is ‘traditionally’ accepted.

speaking of, to the people who feel confused by the name of the community, feel free to give the side-bar a little look-see for clarification. It’s the best I could do under the circumstances and I positively believe more are in favor of it than against it. (I certainly think it’s better than vague but misleading alternatives like “ArtPorn” or any kind of “Thing-Porn” for non-pornographic stuff, which is terminology that’s somehow commonly accepted by people who grew up with reddit)

As far as my personal interpretation goes: I find myself reacting to the work the way I’d react to a sandcastle made by a little child, or ancient cave paintings or sculptures (like waaaay back, thousands and thousands of years ago where finding an odd shaped rock made you the coolest caveman in the tribe, for a month)

I think the only thought It has provoked in me thus far is: when does a pile of things cease being a pile of things and turn into a reflection of the time and place where it’s from? would people react the same way if they saw an unexplored cave with specific arrangements of rock?

But yeah that’s about all the attachment I have to this particular post. His works are in a folder among other folders which I shall empty 5-6 files a day so no, i will not stop posting this person’s work until I’ve emptied out all the folders. feel free to upvote/downvote accordingly

And yes, to the extent that no-one other than me posts to this community, all the posts in here will be heavily flavored by the preferences of the ones posting. Don’t like what you see? stop being grumpy about it and POST THINGS which you do like!

If this is shallow, show me what you think is DEEP!

peace

Any chance we can get the titles of the paintings?

very low chance. I just post stuff from a folder whenever I can. Can’t be bothered to do background research on each piece

I was wondering the same thing

This is not The truth at the bottom of a well. This is Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity) .

My bad. The post title is now updated with the correct name.

Also, the full title is The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Way to Damascus.

Ah thank you for pointing that out. I’ve updated the the post title.

I don’t think I’d find make the time to read articles so personally I’d prefer just having the art here (and of course articles can be linked to from the post body - but would probably be overlooked).

It is settled then

That is brilliant.

Seriously, if you’ve run across this and are thinking “wtf is this abstract mess?”

Take a step back, follow the line, then step back again and ignore the line while looking at the shapes. Then step back again and look at the whole. There’s a depth to this that isn’t apparent on the surface.

It really does exactly what good abstract is supposed to.

I tried to do what you said but the sheer brightness of the line (especially where it gets thicker towards the top left) makes it harder for me to ignore it

i support numbering the art for referencing, but i’m also a big fan of artists choosing not to name their works because that’d leave the viewers with a greater freedom for interpretation. they’d have to be more abstract for this to make sense though.