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Artsy Hacks: Surreal Paintings Jacek Yerka
- brm 16y agoI'm missing something, how they are hacks? Surreal juxtapostions yes, but hacks...
- Sandman 16y agoI agree. The word 'hack', while we're on the subject of surreal paintings, would be more appropriate for some of Dali's works such as 'Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at Twenty Meters becomes a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln' (yes, that's the full title). As the name of this work suggests, it is a painting of a woman looking at the sea which, when viewed from a sufficient distance, becomes Lincoln's portrait. http://www.authenticsociety.com/about/GalaMediterraneanLincoln_Dali http://www.authenticsociety.com/about/GalaMediterraneanLinco...
- tzury 16y agoit is strange that this link have made it to the front page of HN.
- lhnz 16y agoYes, the word 'hacks' somehow has become appropriate.
- baxter 16y agoThese paintings are definitely surreal but I was expecting something a little more Escher-like, like his Waterfall for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_(M._C._Escher) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_(M._C._Escher)
- StavrosK 16y agoThese paintings are... amazing. I love this guy's style. I wish there were a game stylised like this (it's sort of like Braid, but somehow better). Thanks for this post.
- nhebb 16y agoDirect link to artist's site: http://www.yerkaland.com/ http://www.yerkaland.com/
- tarellel 16y agoAwesome paintings this is truly some great art. But how in world did this get on the front page of HN, this is reddit material.
- spot 16y ago"Masters of Deception" covers this kind of stuff really well: http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Artists-Optical-Illusion/dp/140275101X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Artists-Optical-Illu... In particular the cover was done by Rob Gonsalves: http://www.discoverygalleries.com/ArtistGallery.asp?artist_id=23&category_id=2 http://www.discoverygalleries.com/ArtistGallery.asp?artist_i... interestingly the same name was used by a hacker group in the 80s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Deception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Deception