Prerequisites for being frightened by art

[dusters]

Looking into the mirror does it for me. The only scary thing in the world is realisation how much power I have and if it gets out of control, it can wreak havoc.

About scary - there is this black ad white photoshoots taken while women have their O. the honesty, the natural look on their face, you just can't fake it. It feels so alive. I was amazed and horrified at the same time. As if I wanted to look more and more, but felt guilty about it.

 

[red_elk]

Looks like for me the presence of face on the picture means a lot:

And this (not an art, altered photo, but still looks beutiful and disturbing at the same time):

 

[Lord of Elves]

.

I searched this by image on Google, and came up with some similar paintings by the same artist. I submit this one:

Obviously, there is nothing in here that necessarily portends harm or ill omen as you mentioned (as a prerequisite for finding a picture alarming, or having a picture evoke anything like visceral fear) but I still find it eerie. A common theme in all the pictures is the distortion or deformation of the human face/body.

 

[Kyriakos]

One could argue though that a face that is deformed inevitably at some level (conscious or not conscious) plays into the fear of one's own body becomming altered in negative ways.

 

[holy king]

Looking into the mirror does it for me. The only scary thing in the world is realisation how much power I have and if it gets out of control, it can wreak havoc.

About scary - there is this black ad white photoshoots taken while women have their O. the honesty, the natural look on their face, you just can't fake it. It feels so alive. I was amazed and horrified at the same time. As if I wanted to look more and more, but felt guilty about it.

what the hell is scary about this. it's hot, damn hot. not scary.

 

[dusters]

Ever been a woman?

 

[holy king]

no, not really.

 

[Icaria909]

I recently read a book called House of Leaves and I was surprised at how apprehensive and anxious it made me. At one point I couldn't read the book at night, and when I did, all the doors in my house had to be locked. It's about a house that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, which while it doesn't sound scary to begin with. But it's amazing the apprehension one can feel when the very logic that holds your worldview together is challenged, even in a small way.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

What's scary about a house that's bigger on the inside than the outside? Doctor Who's Tardis has always been like that.

It's usually what's outside the house/Tardis that wants to kill you.

 

[Kyriakos]

Here is a Dali painting that some people claimed to have felt uneasy about:

I think it means that the two small figures trying to communicate have their hidden worlds (symbolized by the elephant-like creatures) and those are set to collide...

 

[eduhum]

Well I made this drawing on Graphic Converter a few days ago…
Does this frightens?

 

[Kyriakos]

Is the grammar included?

 

[dusters]

I can think of a dream, a grammar nazi person would dream of herself/himself making so many mistakes in the test that the teacher takes the test as a bad example and shows it to whole school, so the so called "grammar perfectionist" is caught having a failed test herself/himself and thus loses face in front of all school. Quite scary, eh?

 

[Kyriakos]

It was a joke... If it had no humor i would just report it as spam

 

[dusters]

How evil of you that would be . :/ the guy tried to be creative. I appreciate any art, there aren't many who can create something out of nothing and got inspiration to do that on a regular basis.

 

[vypernight]

Ok, although keep in mind this is meant for discussion, and not simply posting images

I could see an over-sensitive person feeling uneasy about such a painting. I almost wish i was, although obviously there are problems in dealing with such emotions too, not merely with having negated them.

I think though that one can attempt the conclusion that in order for a piece of art to be frightening, it has to either directly or metaphorically signify some possibility of harm for the observer or people he cares about.

I almost forgot about this thread. I really like this picture, and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's from the speculation. Is it bandaged and crawling aimlessly with no idea of its whereabouts, or is it using senses in its entire bosy to 'see' and 'hear' what others cannot?

 

[Kyriakos]

I almost forgot about this thread. I really like this picture, and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's from the speculation. Is it bandaged and crawling aimlessly with no idea of its whereabouts, or is it using senses in its entire bosy to 'see' and 'hear' what others cannot?

Nice examination of the painting There are multiple ways to go about this. Perhaps it is wearing bandages simply because it got hurt in the chaos of the burning city, and now is running blinded away from it.
Then again maybe the bandage plays the role that the wax Odysseus used to cover his ears did, in front of the terrible Sirens: it is there only to try to negate the full experience of the disaster.

 

[_random_]

Weed is a pretty big one.

 

[Darth Caesar]

This intrigues me. I feel a very post-nuclear vibe from it. The creature I feel represents humanity in such an event, crippled and feeling its way through chaos unseen in human history. Barely surviving, and a shadow of its former self.

 

[Angst]

Although this photo means next to nothing to me now, I've delved a bit into online urban legends and short horror stories. This is so widespread that you guys should know it. But I think it's best to point out the things that are widely thought of as scary; some pop cultural things have value, you know.

smile.jpg