Absurd
Rose Green
Work by James Ensor
2
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.’
3
-Wall of weirdos.
Sara Fanelli
Da Vinci
Coll
4
4
Saul Steinberg
Dada
3
Le Gun
lage
5 5
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.
6
8
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.
7
9
8 10
10:45 ‘The subway was filled with wacky weirdos singing Boy George- Karma Chameleon’ 9 11
I like ‘Ugly Art’
12
Work by James Ensor
11