The hyper-intensity that results when surrealism is applied to the liberated spirit of graphic design is a wonder to behold these days. Take this piece by Niark1, for example. A tableau of morphed figures and animals, it is a colorful rearrangement of familiar energies and evokes the "teeming fun" that one British writer famously ascribed to the microscopic world. But there is also the substance of menace; the two most prominent figures in the painting seem adversarial or (at the very least) none too happy with each other. Plus, the alert viewer will notice that the multi-legged chimera is itself an apparent creation (offspring?) of that mechanical canoid of dubious origin. Teratology has taken a holiday here and Bosch himself would have been pleased with this modest garden of unearthly delights.
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About the Artist
Location: Paris, France
Sebastien Feraut, aka Niark1 is a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist based in Paris, France. While frequently shown in galleries throughout Paris, his most recent exhibition is featured at the West Berlin Gallery. Spanning across many design mediums, you might recognize his distinct artistry on the web, in commercial projects, magazines, in the Métro de Paris, and on the streets.
Find out more @ http://www.niark1.com/
