Street Art Favourites

[NurseRatched]

That's beautiful, Dee. The shades of blue & starry night!

The Joachim and Nils collaboration works quite well together, doesn't it?

[Moonchime]

The goddess of the night is indeed very striking but I find her expression just a little bit creepy.

[Dee]

That's interesting! Sometimes we can react to things so differently, I always find that fascinating. I don't find her creepy at all, rather very sad and wistful...

[Moonchime]

For me it's all in the eyeball!!

[Dee]

Lol, MC. Now let's see what you make of my next offering...

[Dee]

The Surreal World of Phlegm







(My favourite.)











I wouldn't exactly like to decorate my walls with his work but I think he's absolutely fabulous. We should probably give him his own Thread. These little humanoid creatures seem so immensely sad.

[NurseRatched]

Yeah, no mouths??! What are they hiding back there Very sad and creepy. Kind of Edward Gorey-ish. Cool. I love the sad kitty deer with all the hanging creatures!

[Dee]

You're right, Mz K! We never get to see the mouths! You have just made me conscious of that.

"Kitty deer"- love the name for the creature.

[Dee]

Also, thanks for the introduction to Edward Gorey, I didn't know of him before. I can see a connection too.



I think his artwork might be very interesting to delve into as well! Where and how did you come across him, Mz K?

[NurseRatched]

A friend introduced me years ago! Edward Gorey was known for his "darker side" as an illustrator and author. A favorite work is this "children's alphabet book"; much like a regular alphabet book except all the children are in perilous situations

https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/01/1 ... mb-tinies/

[Moonchime]

It's taken me a little while to get past the name - I thought it was integral to the art - or maybe it is!!!

I do find some of them really very sad - particularly the tortoise - I wouldn't want to look at it on a daily basis. Whenever the mouths are shrouded in cloth it reminds me of plague and disease; of barriers.
The one reading reminds me of having a winter cold and snuggling up in a corner. Undoubtedly an interesting find Dee.

I like the idea of children in perilous situations in an alphabet book.

[Dee]

Thanks for the link, Mz NR, the perilous alphabet book is brilliant. Reminded me of Bunny Suicides... gotta love these dark cartoons. Would you show it to children though? How young? Well, it's a reality check for sure, isn't it? Life is not all about rainbows and fat cats sitting on mats.

Mz MC, the name Phlegm is certainly an eyebrows raiser. But apparently there is a bit more to the choice of name:

Humourism is an ancient theory that the human body is filled with four basic substances, called the four humours, which are held in balance when a person is healthy. It is closely related to the ancient theory of the four elements and states that all diseases and disabilities result from an excess or deficit in black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. Hippocrates, an ancient Greek medical doctor, is credited for this theory, about 400 BC. It influenced medical thinking for more than 2,000 years, until finally discredited in the 1800s.

Phlegm was thought to be associated with apathetic behaviour, with calmness, being unswayed by emotions. Not quite the meaning of "phlegmatic" now.