Possibly the Strangest Painting I Have Ever Seen.

aiksnpains66 · #1 ● 03-10-2012, 07:36 AM

I stumbled across this shit when searching for a picture of a parsnip on Google. (Why I was looking for a picture of a vegetable is a whole different jacked up story)

This is what came up......I still can't figure this shit out.

What further intrigues me, is the fact this carrot thing gave birth to a stuffed animal by means of a Cesarian Section. What kind of Lady GaGa shit is this?

NEVERBACKZ · #2 ● 03-10-2012, 08:52 AM

Faline · #3 ● 03-10-2012, 10:20 AM

Oswald2001 · #4 ● 03-10-2012, 11:46 AM

He was in a terrible accident and ended up a vegetable.

Some kind of tuber, apparently.

gatagato · #5 ● 03-10-2012, 01:36 PM

That's Mark Ryden's "The Birth"
1994, Oil on Panel, 30" x 40"
Some details of the painting below

Biography

Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a singular style that blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art. His work first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in a new genre of painting, "Pop Surrealism", dragging a host of followers in his wake. Ryden has trumped the initial surrealist strategies by choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation.

Ryden’s vocabulary ranges from cryptic to cute, treading a fine line between nostalgic cliché and disturbing archetype. Seduced by his infinitely detailed and meticulously glazed surfaces, the viewer is confronted with the juxtaposition of the childhood innocence and the mysterious recesses of the soul. A subtle disquiet inhabits his paintings; the work is achingly beautiful as it hints at darker psychic stuff beneath the surface of cultural kitsch. In Ryden's world cherubic girls rub elbows with strange and mysterious figures. Ornately carved frames lend the paintings a baroque exuberance that adds gravity to their enigmatic themes.

Mark Ryden received a BFA in 1987 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a retrospective “Wondertoonel” at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art, and in the exhibition "The Artist's Museum" at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ryden
http://acidskull.com/mark-ryden-psychedelic-butcher
http://www.markryden.com/paintings/two/birth.html