Blog – Page 18 – Dark Art and Craft

Flesh & Bone, The Art of A. W. Sommers

Posted by Justin Meyers on February 20, 2019

Allison Sommers is a self-taught visual artist working primarily in gouache on paper. The Brooklyn-based artist creates complicated, intricate, sometimes uncomfortable worlds of meat, vegetation, birds and beasts of various sizes. The artist describers herself as an Art worker, flaneur and vulgarist. Sommers uses warm vibrant hues on paper to create her bizarre creatures and unravelling organs.

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Kris Kuksi Dark Relics & Lost Civilizations

Posted by Justin Meyers on February 19, 2019

Kris Kuksi has been called a post-industrial Rococo and Fantastic Realism sculptor. Right? It can sound like a lot until you see his work. Kuksi obsessively places figures, small toys, mechanical components, objects and characters into an impressive often massive symmetrical composition.

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Gustave Doré, The Dark Divine Comedy

Posted by J Meyers on February 16, 2019

A prolific and extremely talented wood and steel engraver, illustrator, and sculptor Gustave Doré created macabre Visions. Angels, demons, historical drama and human tragedy filled his detailed etchings. The Paradise Lost illustrations and Dante's Divine Comedy have become so praised that many have become macabre popular culture items in their own right.

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Five Tips for Artists on Growing Their Instagrams

Posted by Stephanie Crumley on February 13, 2019

A lot of things are changing in the marketing realm, but one of the things that is not is the importance of social media (and digital marketing) for Artists. Social media makes it possible to connect with Artists (and patrons) all over the globe. A small differentiated niche can deliver tens of thousands of prospective Art buyers and supporters.

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Upcoming Event: Cagliostro - A Haunted Exhibition

Posted by Stephanie Crumley on January 29, 2019

Attention Midwest: something haunted your way comes February 2nd at the Rectory of Detroit, Michigan. This show is curated by one of our favorite artists, Brian Sheehan aka Legerdemain. The event is a multimedia fete of performance pieces, music, a seance, and the work of Michigan-based artists Calvin Waterman, Red Devil Made This and Legerdemain himself. The press release includes the description as follows: "On February 2nd, 50 years ago, Cagliostro, the great adventurer and occultist, transcended the physical plane. Leaving behind a legacy shrouded in rumor and superstition. In memoriam, his estate has been opened to the public and his...

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