🫦
Giacometti is really sick, I love his sculptures but I think his most interesting work are his portraits. If you see one of his paintings, look at it from the side. They’re so caked in paint, they’re basically sculptures themselves. He also has such a loose way of drawing, they’re quite abstracted yet have an incredible likeness of the person. Not really sure what happens with the heads, they look like they got shrunk in the wash.
Feb 13, 2024
Related Recs
I don’t know of he really is my favorite, but I like most of the paintings I’ve seen. Very dramatic, much beheading!
3d ago
I‘ve just discovered this artist from Sicily, at an Art Brut exhibition in Milan. Pure outsider. A difficult and unlucky life, died too soon in the moment people started to recognize his art. He used to paint on everything he could find, his hometown Castellammare del Golfo is filled with murales. These are painted on pizza boxes.
Feb 16, 2025
[after the sermon (jacob wrestling with the angel) 1888]
didn’t want to add him to that favorite artists posts because he Is Not. but this is def a top 20 painting for me and changed my life.
2d ago
Top Recs from @earl
☠️
Dario Argento is an infinitely interesting Italian filmmaker. His films bring me a lot of comfort. He made a lot of whacked-out horror films in the late 70s onward. In terms of the acting in them, they’re not exactly masterclasses but his use of prosthetics in his films are awesome. Heads exploding, almost neon red blood, witches, dolls, a cool monkey. If you’re into that kinda thing… His use of music is great too. The Italian prog-rock band Goblin did the score to a few of his films. When they filmed Suspiria (1977), they actually played the score on speakers as they were filming to freak out the actors and drag them into his world. Whether you like it or not, it’ll drag you in too
Feb 13, 2024
🦇
My friend recently showed me this album by Blod Besvimelse called Geleit Ins Totenreich (Escort to the Realm of Death). I’ve never heard anything like it and I can’t stop listening to it. It sounds like something you’d play at Dracula's funeral.
Feb 13, 2024
🎹
I have this Casio synth, I got on Portobello Market a few years ago. I like to bring it around with me when Im travelling. It has a really shitty drum machine in it and a couple good sounds. Sometimes synths can have way too much going on. This thing is strictly no bullshit.
Feb 13, 2024