The above work by Daniel Mmaczynski of Poland is a really sophisticated image that comes out of the tradition of Francs Bacon, but with its own stylistic innovations and unique twist. You can click on the pics to go to their page on deviantart.

Either bow down to the true art of the cat photo, or make generic cat photos yourself. That let’s you know why serious artists might get dispirited when their real art gets swept under the rug. If people get something out of this – and likely even if nobody pays attention to it – I’ll share more work from my group in the future.īut before I get started, keep in mind that the “Soft kitty – Warm kitty” below has been viewed nearly 10,000 times in the last 2 years on deviantart, and has over 1,000 “favorites”. More than six might overwhelm me and you as well. Here are 6 pieces that I find compelling (there are hundreds more). If you follow my blog you know I’m highly critical of a lot of big-name, brand-name, contemporary art, and come to think of it I find more that satisfies the hunger for art at deviantart than I do in the top-notch art venues. I’ll just flip that on its back and say my group is “exclusive”, though I don’t really mean it. Needless to say it’s not very popular, and easily dwarfed by groups devoted to unicorns, faeries, furries, fan art, kitties, and the most abysmal dreck imaginable. In order to help get recognition for fine art I created a group – the Fine Art Asylum – in which I showcase the better fine art and otherwise out-of-the-ordinary work I come across. Some of the artists had given up and showed no activity on their account for years.īut deviant art is the best platform I’ve seen to share art with others, comment, and get feedback. Some of the absolute best work I’ve found on there had only a handful of views, and one or two “favorites”. Sharing fine art on deviant art is humiliating and dispiriting. If you are a serious artist and put up your best work, I guarantee it will be trounced by a cute kitty photo, or anything in the “artistic nude” section, which appears to be a repository for light porn. The all-time most popular art on deviantart. The current most popular all-time submission to deviantart is a toy stuffed unicorn! I’ll save you the trouble of looking it up just to depress yourself. Popularity is determined by social networking, and appealing to the lowest common denominator. It’s got more in common with facebook than a real online gallery. One might as well get “amateur” branded on one’s forehead as put up work there. According to wikipedia, it has over 25 million members, and a suffocating 140,000 submissions a day. I think a lot of serious artists wouldn’t be caught dead on deviantart.

“The Murmur of the Innocents 5″ by gottfriedhelnwein

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