Sometimes you stumble upon work that's so mesmerizing it's difficult to explain. Benjamin Edmiston's pieces are that kind of work. And as I struggled to find the correct adjectives to describe them, I succumbed to the eloquent way as to which the artist did so himself.
Bejamin explains: "My compositions feature unusual or fantastical settings inhabited by ominous characters depicted in a flat and decorative style. My bold, and often symmetrical, drawings offer a plane of floating heads, half-skinned snakes, and bodiless arms. Building a personal vocabulary with such imagery recalls for me the tension of an early, crude Mickey Mouse cartoon, or a misplaced folk sculpture standing eerily on a dusty shelf. The creation of a familiar but askew world — the sensation of the unheimlich is what fuels my work."
Sretan Bor (@Sretan BOR) / 11/15/2011 @ 4:19pm /
love his stuff
ella chandler (@ellavictoria) / 11/15/2011 @ 4:21pm /
amazing!!xoxooxoo
AndHeDrew (@AndHeDrew) / 11/17/2011 @ 2:32pm /
Brrrr. These are a bit disturbing, aren't they? I really like the first one, but I'm not sure this style appeals to me.
tifani rubi (@tifani rubi) / 12/06/2011 @ 3:20pm /
my favourite ever!