Absurd by Rose Elizabeth Green

Absurd

Rose Green

Work by James Ensor

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I am drawn to artwork which is intriguing. ‘Ugly art’ as my Grandma may call it.

I like artists who create comical looking characters by exploiting individual characteristics.

I have filled this zine with ‘ugly artwork.’

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-Wall of weirdos.

Sara Fanelli

Da Vinci

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Saul Steinberg

Dada

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Le Gun

lage

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These are my drawings from a Da Vinci exhibition I saw in Holland.I discovered Da Vinci has an inclination towards drawing Grotesque faces. .

He was attracted to unusual humans- he would search the streets with his sketch book at hand.

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Da Vinci liked to place the ugly next to the young and beautiful, contrasting extreme opposites would achieve a heightened comical effect.

People who looked deformed, ugly or misshapen were treated with contempt and scorn however not by Da Vinci.

He would deliberately exaggerate facial features to create a comical effect. Often his drawings appear misshapen almost like a caricature.

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10:45 ‘The subway was filled with wacky weirdos singing Boy George- Karma Chameleon’ 9 11

I like ‘Ugly Art’

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Work by James Ensor

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