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Deterioration of Mind by *ArtOfTheMystic:iconArtOfTheMystic:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Surreal

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full title:
DETERIORATION OF MIND OVER MATTER

acrylic on canvas, 20"x28", 1973

One painting, entitled “The Deterioration Of Mind Over Matter” is a frightening picture of a decomposing human scull firmly ensconed on some devilish birdcage in which the raw gore of mans physical being lies lifeless at the base. The parting flesh of the scull is secured by a tromp-loeil safety pin. This is truly an image that could have been utilized in the former issues of “Tales From The Crypt”, in fact it brings to mind in its own scary way the imaginations of Edgar Allan Poe. The poem, “The Conqueror Worm” comes to mind immediately:


But see, amid the mimic rout

A crawling shape intrude!

A blood-red thing that writhes from out

The scenic solitude!

It writhes! - it writhes! - with mortal pangs

The mimes become its food,

And the angels sob at vermin fangs

In human gore imbued.

Excerpt from the critique by J. Brooks Joyner, Editor Visual Arts, The Albertan, Saturday, May 29th, 1976

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*larkin-art Jan 30, 2007, 6:50:18 PM
great stuff!

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Larkin

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Mood: Wow! ~Zimprich Jan 31, 2007, 11:30:05 PM
an extraordinary work my respect
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*ArtOfTheMystic Feb 1, 2007, 1:58:07 PM
Thanks. I was young then and absolutely loved scaring the bejeesus out of people!
Cheers
Otto
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*ArtOfTheMystic Feb 2, 2007, 1:12:09 AM
pleasant nightmares indeed! When I was younger, I loved to scare the pants off onlookers!
Cheers
Otto
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*gromyko Feb 2, 2007, 2:32:31 AM
Greetings...congratulations...this image had been included in my News Journal entitled "Dreamscape:Surrealist Art of 2007"------>see here[link] and visit the other entries and DO NOT FORGET TO FAVE THE NEWS ARTICLE so that many people would see these masterpieces...
-gromyko

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*gromyko Feb 2, 2007, 5:34:11 AM
try this one...

This image had been featured in my latest article in DA news---->[link] ...go and check it out...DO NOT FORGET TO FAVE THE ARTICLE FOR US TO BE PUBLICLY KNOWN...THANKS

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"The Reality of Dreams is the Dream of Reality"
~EmptyHeads
=the-surreal-arts
~IIAAProject
=philippines
*visionaryartists
*CollaborativeCorpse
*TheExquisiteCorpse
*SurrealSociety
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Mood: Pride ~Surrealism4humans Feb 2, 2007, 8:04:08 AM
This has to be one of the best surreal peices I've ever seen in my life. And I'm actually begging Christ right this moment, to banish this caged head from my pleasent dreams.
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*ArtOfTheMystic Feb 2, 2007, 1:09:12 PM
Thanks, you guys are amazing, and you had put together a real great piece here! I am glad I found this site, and your group found me. Gets boring listening to your own hands clapping in a virtual vacuum all these years.
Cheers
Otto
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*ArtOfTheMystic Feb 2, 2007, 4:04:54 PM
Hey, thanks - I think! You kidding, of course, you're not really dreaming about this one - not even I do. I did get pleasure though watching reactions to it at art shows.....
Cheers
Otto
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