Snow White XXVI

I haven't displayed anyone else's art on my blog before - but I really hope in future that I'll be able to display a lot more than just the stuff that I do.

Luckily Snow White XXVI started following me on Twitter (@SnowWhiteArt - have a look) and when I started looking at his images I was blown away.

This is really edgy stuff to say the least. His own gallery can be visited by clicking on any of the images, but the address is http://epochalism.wix.com/snow-white-artist . I recommend that you visit it and take the time to look through the imagery for yourself.

I'm going to display six pieces in this blog. The artist divides his work between two collections - which he has named Epochalism and NeuroAtypical Anarchism. The first category gives particular regard to political and institutional disillusionment - which are represented in rich, rebellious colours of blood, and dark hellish imagery. The second collection gives an insight into mental health issues - and the isolation and estrangement that haunt the conditions of bi-polar, aspergers, depression and other predominantly mental, psychological or neurological illnesses. 

 

Demonic themes run throughout and the images are always bold and pronounced, with examples of intricate backgrounds. There is a blending of ultra realism (images of dollar bank notes) interspersed with a style that is akin to street art or grafitti. 

The grafitti quality is what gives such a pronounced vocalisation to the rebel inside every piece. You could imagine these images on the walls of a local underpass, on the side of disused buildings, or on a derelict train.

The complete absence of symmetry is another fact that gives emphasis to the sense of disorder and chaos. This is art that is about confrontation, anger and revolution. There are some pretty raw militaristic and totalitarian themes throughout and the canvasses seem steeped in blood. 

For every artist who has looked at themselves and thought 'I'm just not saying anything' or just feels like they can't communicate, this is a cold bucket of water. This material is completely uninhibited. Whether you agree or disagree with any of the sentiments within these pieces or not - you get the point exactly, and it will provoke a response in you. 

 

Everyone is all over Banksy (and for good reason to be fair - I love Banksy too) but this is like looking at Banksy on a horrible journey through the hell of a bad L.S.D. trip. It is vivid. It's not pithy or witty or laugh out loud funny (none of this stuff is funny) - it is an experience. You have to sit a look at it, absorb it. I felt the same sort of things that I felt the first time I read T.S. Eliot's 'The Wasteland'.

  

If you look at this stuff and you don't get it. Lucky you.