Daily blog of Sinan Büyükbaş

Zdzisław Beksiński, one of the forgotten treasures of the 20th century, was a polish painter especially known with his disturbing paintings of surrealistic, post-apocalyptic environments, which i like to imagine as ” the purgatory and the hell”.

He always claimed that he did not know the meaning of his artworks and was always uninterested in possible interpretations. Therefore, he never titled any of his drawings or paintings. He stated “I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams”.

Beksinski had a quite interesting life ; he became into one of the masters of the fantasy art from a mere construction site supervisor. He had no formal training as an artist. He claimed not to be much influenced by literature, cinema or the work of other artists, and almost never visited museums or exhibitions. Music was his main source of inspiration and he always listened classical music while performing his art.

Beksiński was found stabbed to death at his flat at Warsaw in 2005.

What impresses me about Beksinski is his passion for transposing his dreams to reality in such a perfectionist manner and yet his paintings never lack genuinity and emotion. He always painted on smiliar concepts and created such atmospheres where he expressed a unique sense of “Baroque” and “Gothic”.

Now check out Beksinski’s breathtaking website. Also pay attention to the music performed by Zbigniew Preisner.
Close your eyes…
and enter the realms of the pure fantasy…

http://www.beksinski.pl/