beksiński was a polish artist who specialised in the area of “Dystopian surrealism”. He lived quite a sad life, with his wife dying and his son committing suicide a year afterwards, his paintings reflect the misery and emotional wasteland that must have existed inside of his mind.
Beksiński’s work is dark and disturbing, he paints a world filled with death and emptiness, where creatures that could have once been human lurk in the shadows and interact with the viewer. Cities and forests have burned, grounds have crumbled, gravestones and bodies have piled high. Everything that was, isn’t. Though his work still holds an essence of beauty. The desolate scenes seem to glow through their shadows and in every painting there is a focal point of light somewhere in the distance, the idea of hope always remains. Despite the fall of what once was, the sun and moon still shine in his work. His work really resonated with my own darker emotions, it confirms that the darkness does exist to other people and it revels and boasts about it. It gives a tremendous amount of detail and dedication to emotions of helplessness and depression. As if being lost in exerting the dark that existed inside of him helped him in releasing his pain. Tragically, Beksiński was stabbed to death at the age of 75 over £100, extremely depressing.
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