I’m having trouble interpreting the subject because of the competing scale of the foreground and background objects. I don’t know this artist’s work and I’m having trouble finding anything via Google, so I hope you won’t mind my asking, but is this meant to be surreal? Is there some statement intended about the tides washing away the remains of humanity? Are the graves already underwater? Or is this perhaps a more familiar sort of landscape in some other part of the world that I’ve simply never seen?
is this meant to be surreal? Is there some statement intended about the tides washing away the remains of humanity? Are the graves already underwater? Or is this perhaps a more familiar sort of landscape in some other part of the world that I’ve simply never seen?
I definitely agree with the first two sentiments. I don’t really see the water, I perceive it as more of a serene (because of the sheer scale of the hills made even more vast by them stretching beyond the ethereal fog) yet sinister (because of the forest of graves that swarm the ground) dreamscape.
I’m having trouble interpreting the subject because of the competing scale of the foreground and background objects. I don’t know this artist’s work and I’m having trouble finding anything via Google, so I hope you won’t mind my asking, but is this meant to be surreal? Is there some statement intended about the tides washing away the remains of humanity? Are the graves already underwater? Or is this perhaps a more familiar sort of landscape in some other part of the world that I’ve simply never seen?
Beksinski was inspired by his dreams to paint, so this is just something he dreamt about.
I definitely agree with the first two sentiments. I don’t really see the water, I perceive it as more of a serene (because of the sheer scale of the hills made even more vast by them stretching beyond the ethereal fog) yet sinister (because of the forest of graves that swarm the ground) dreamscape.