"Le Baisier" 1982
"The Result of War: The Cornucopian Dog" 1984
"Las Meninas" 1987
"Cupid and Centaur" 1992One day, not right now, but one day, I want to create some strange, surreal artwork that gives the sense of an alternate dimension/universe/destination, something not of this world. This photograph above is by Joel-Peter Witkin, a photographer that created very creepy, surreal still-life photographs that often included dwarfs, hermaphrodites, transsexuals, and other people and things not associated with normal life.
Not only does he create an alternate dimension with his work, it all has a particularly dark, ominous mood. No doubt he was probably a pretty fucked up dude, but rather people find it distasteful or not, I draws people in and make them think about things. That is the objective of most art: to stimulate the brain, to think about things, to create ideas of your own. It is an endless cycle of consciousness, and that is why art is so important day-to-day.
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