Artsy Hacks: Surreal Paintings Jacek Yerka

http://vospe.com/2010/09/27/artsy-hacks-surreal-paintings-jacek-yerka/

by cartab • 16 years ago

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brm• 16 years ago

I'm missing something, how they are hacks? Surreal juxtapostions yes, but hacks...

Sandman• 16 years ago

I agree. The word 'hack', while we're on the subject of surreal paintings, would be more appropriate for some of Dali's works such as 'Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at Twenty Meters becomes a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln' (yes, that's the full title). As the name of this work suggests, it is a painting of a woman looking at the sea which, when viewed from a sufficient distance, becomes Lincoln's portrait. http://www.authenticsociety.com/about/GalaMediterraneanLinco...

tzury• 16 years ago

it is strange that this link have made it to the front page of HN.

lhnz• 16 years ago

Yes, the word 'hacks' somehow has become appropriate.

baxter• 16 years ago

These paintings are definitely surreal but I was expecting something a little more Escher-like, like his Waterfall for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_(M._C._Escher)

StavrosK• 16 years ago

These paintings are... amazing. I love this guy's style. I wish there were a game stylised like this (it's sort of like Braid, but somehow better). Thanks for this post.

nhebb• 16 years ago

Direct link to artist's site: http://www.yerkaland.com/

tarellel• 16 years ago

Awesome paintings this is truly some great art. But how in world did this get on the front page of HN, this is reddit material.

spot• 16 years ago

"Masters of Deception" covers this kind of stuff really well: http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Artists-Optical-Illu...

In particular the cover was done by Rob Gonsalves: http://www.discoverygalleries.com/ArtistGallery.asp?artist_i...

interestingly the same name was used by a hacker group in the 80s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Deception

Artsy Hacks: Surreal Paintings Jacek Yerka

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