Grotesque art

The grotesque miniatures of Korean sculptor Dongwook Lee are not for everyone, and yet his work stems from what he describes as a basic concern for all human beings. Previously featured here on our blog, the Seoul, Korea based artist's figures are small-scale sculptural works, most measuring no more than 12" inches high made of Polymer clay, that typically depict contorted human forms. He embodies the idea of physical "likeness" in his most recent sculptures, featuring humanoids with growths…

Blumenkopf (Flower Head). An older piece by Michael Hutter (@kunstkrake)

‘The Butcher’ (1990). Not every Russian citizen was pleased to see the end of Communism in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the 1980s and 1990s. Some, like the artist Geliy Korzhev (1925-2012) thought the changes wrought by perestoika were a betrayal of all the lives sacrificed in order to bring true equality to the Russian people. Korzhev thought the great socialist revolution had hardly started before it was being betrayed and abandoned by the politicians who had lived so…

Shocking Art! Grotesque Art! Disturbing Art! Art comes in many shapes and forms and these are some of the most disturbing art pieces ever made.

George Maciunas – Grotesque Face Mask circa 1976

Beau White (Australia) is a hyperrealist and figurative oil painter who uses nightmarish imagery and absurdism to explore the darker side of the human condition. His work augments “real world” settings with grotesque and surprising handmade elements to create new perspectives on the everyday that are both comical and d

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This artwork features a grotesque yet uncannily beautiful middle-age male form, distorted into four dimensional bodies. The piece is rendered in a renaissance stylisation, combining historical art techniques with a surreal twist.