Beksinski is one of my all-time favorite artists, and I think you really hit the nail on the head about why his art is so haunting and intriguing, especially around the 3:39 ~ 4:22 mark. "Terrible, natural, and on some unconscious level, beautifully compelling" is exactly how I feel about his work, which I will never get tired of! Great video, keep up the good work.
Birds often represent souls in transit as they connect the heavens to the earth; in alchemy white birds represent pleasant smelling gasses (from a beaker or cauldron) while black birds represent foul smelling gasses. I do love Beksinski's work, he was a big influence on my early painting.
There is no symbolism in Beksiński's paintings. In interviews, he repeated it many times, and described how his paintings are created. He was a brilliant artist, not an elitist!
I travelled to Sanok in Poland to visit this great artists home and permanent exhibition in the castle there...I spent 3 days looking at his art , I don't the I will ever look at the world in the same way again.
Yes, it's better to be there for few days and visit the exhibition more than once during your stay. The surroundings of Sanok are beautiful too, there is a big lake nearby called "Solina" and the ruin of a monastery in Zagórz, absolutely worth checking out. And Sanok itself has a beautiful city centre and an open-air village-museum which is great too. So it's a treat to be there. (Maybe not so easy or comfortable to reach via public transportation, but you can look at the journey there as an adventure. 😀🙂)
i was in one of his gallery last week in Krakow, and it rly shocked me how big the images were and the quality. The music and the darkness of the room made the atmosphere. 10/10 would recommend
I personally think Beksinski was projecting his own dreams and fears onto canvas, which is why most are untitled. Growing up in 40s Poland would naturally lead to subconscious themes of war, sadness, and genocide. Part of the reason I love him as an artist was that he was unpretentious, and was almost purely using painting as an emotional outlet that happened to pay the bills. Compared to many other abstract artists, he was a down to earth person that didn’t try to posture social influence or sophistication
There's this great movie about Beksiński's family called "The Last Family". It's honestly a masterpiece. It shows his complicated life alonside his wife Zofia and his son Tomasz (Tomasz was a great radio presenter, music journalist and movie translator. He sufferd from depression) I can't reccomend it enough! It's on Polish Netflix (idk about other countries, but if you have VPN it shouldn't be a problem)
I had the honor to watch it in Kraków shortly after the premiere and it was great, tragic and moving. It was interesting that they didn't concentrate on his art but rather on the everyday (mundane) life of Beksiński and his family. I had the impression that their life was the hardest for Zofia, his wife, she had to carry the household and deal with Beksiński himself and with their son, Tomasz. That for sure wasn't an easy, but a very demanding task. Of course when you're living it, mostly you don't experience your life as tragic or in the way outsiders would see it. But in the film their life was depicted as quite claustrophobic and framed by the activities of Beksiński himself, who didn't really like to travel, to go on trips etc. Of course that's just a perspective of the filmmakers.
I studied Beksinski for my art final and he was one of my favorite artists I studied. His art is gorgeous and I love how openly he left everything with his pieces is an interesting aspect and his art has even influenced my art.
I have never been interested in art till now. Recently a game named Scorn is released which was in development for eight years. Since I enjoy video game and it's art, storytelling, I closely following this game. The game's art style, world, visual storytelling have blown me away. And through this game I knew about Zdzislaw Beksinski and H.R. Giger, since the game was inspired by their art. I'm deeply fascinated by Beksinski's otherworldly art. And I want to learn more about his art, the meaning each art holds. In doing so I fascinated with Dystopian Surrealist art. And to learn more about his art I searched UA-cam and by far your analysis of Beksinski's art is extraordinary and amazing. You perfectly conveyed the inner though of his art. Really enjoyed your video. Hope to see some more.
Did you just made a video by showing slideshow of his painting and then in the background read parts of his Wikipedia with some text in between. That is just.... Genius why the fuck did I not tried this way of making videos.
The surest way to piss off a human is to invalidate their suffering. Imagine telling someone that their rape is imaginary. Imagine telling someone that their trauma is imaginary. Imagine telling a parent that the death of their child is imaginary. Imagine telling an African-American that slavery is imaginary. Oh the horror, Lego! But please, stop playing stupid. As upsetting as that may be, it does not change the fact that those things are imaginary. "But Lego! How dare you tell me that my suffering is just some game I play!" Yeah, well... you play some very serious games. But just because a statement pisses you off does not make it untrue. Just because something hurts like a bitch does not make it true. And just because you're in a nightmare does not make it real. This isn't bad news, this is actually a doorway to salvation. All suffering is imaginary. This is completely unacceptable to the finite self. Because the finite self's modus operandi is the avoidance of suffering. Which means it has to take suffering as real. To invalidate the self's suffering is to invalidate the self's material reality. The realness of suffering is baked into the very core of how self constructs reality. This is not merely a psychological thing, it's a metaphysical thing. The point of spirituality is that at high enough levels of consciousness it allows you to see through the illusion of suffering and trauma. This is salvation. But don't go trying to tell a human that her suffering is imaginary. That will only make humans hate you. Because the finite self is incapable of loving Truth. If you could love Truth, you wouldn't suffer in the first place. The finite self would rather live in a self-constructed hell than surrender itself to Truth. Notice this about yourself: you are a suffering and drama addict, and you refuse to give it up because it is completely intertwined with your definitions of reality. It is this way because suffering keeps you alive. If you didn't care about suffering, you would not survive as a finite human self for very long. Suffering is the greatest illusion. All God has to do to fool someone into believing that something is real is make it extremely painful. Then 99.9999% of people will never question it. Humans are too biased and immature to accept this. They want their suffering validated. They want their illusions validated. This is the human condition. Humans are puppets pulled by emotional strings and they cry, kick, and scream like children at the suggestion of cutting those strings. Waking up requires growing up. Isn't it amazing how the greatest news you could possibly be told - that all your suffering and trauma is imaginary - is received by most humans as something horrible and insulting? Truth is way more serious than people are ready to handle, so usually its best to keep it to yourself. When someone comes crying to you about their misery, you give them comfort, not Truth. An important lesson in your spiritual journey will be learning to meet people where they're at, not where you're at. I've made this mistake many times.
the only reason I know who zdzislaw's name is because I kept having some real odd dreams and started looking around the internet into similar stuff and some of his paintings came eerily close to what I would see in said dreams.
Exactly same experience here. I still remember the feeling when I first saw his paintings and the way it just made me feel like nothing and everything is real at the same time
@@Geospasmic yikes! reminds me of the story of greenbean. a tall fellow who made his fame on the tv show hee haw. he was murdered by relatives that just wanted his money.
I'm not a big art buff, but every time I seezdzislaw beksinski, I always get hyped. Definitely my favorite artist.
Beksinski is one of my all-time favorite artists, and I think you really hit the nail on the head about why his art is so haunting and intriguing, especially around the 3:39 ~ 4:22 mark. "Terrible, natural, and on some unconscious level, beautifully compelling" is exactly how I feel about his work, which I will never get tired of! Great video, keep up the good work.
Birds often represent souls in transit as they connect the heavens to the earth; in alchemy white birds represent pleasant smelling gasses (from a beaker or cauldron) while black birds represent foul smelling gasses. I do love Beksinski's work, he was a big influence on my early painting.
Woah nice...
There is no symbolism in Beksiński's paintings. In interviews, he repeated it many times, and described how his paintings are created. He was a brilliant artist, not an elitist!
@@metodyl3838 there is no *intentional* symbolism in his work. Maybe watch the video.
I'd like to see your early paintings.
I travelled to Sanok in Poland to visit this great artists home and permanent exhibition in the castle there...I spent 3 days looking at his art , I don't the I will ever look at the world in the same way again.
Yes, it's better to be there for few days and visit the exhibition more than once during your stay. The surroundings of Sanok are beautiful too, there is a big lake nearby called "Solina" and the ruin of a monastery in Zagórz, absolutely worth checking out. And Sanok itself has a beautiful city centre and an open-air village-museum which is great too. So it's a treat to be there. (Maybe not so easy or comfortable to reach via public transportation, but you can look at the journey there as an adventure. 😀🙂)
i was in one of his gallery last week in Krakow, and it rly shocked me how big the images were and the quality. The music and the darkness of the room made the atmosphere. 10/10 would recommend
Wow!
That was so sad. Peace.
Loved the video analysis. Great share, keep it going. 👍
I personally think Beksinski was projecting his own dreams and fears onto canvas, which is why most are untitled. Growing up in 40s Poland would naturally lead to subconscious themes of war, sadness, and genocide.
Part of the reason I love him as an artist was that he was unpretentious, and was almost purely using painting as an emotional outlet that happened to pay the bills. Compared to many other abstract artists, he was a down to earth person that didn’t try to posture social influence or sophistication
Incredible landscapes, thank you
i was never interested in painting until by accident i saw his work, it got me deep into his world that nobody will ever fully understand...
His art is incredibly unique
2:17 is my personal favourite. it's quite raw look on society and i feel it like that way too. i'm glad Beksinski is getting more popular these days.
Great artist.
There's this great movie about Beksiński's family called "The Last Family". It's honestly a masterpiece. It shows his complicated life alonside his wife Zofia and his son Tomasz (Tomasz was a great radio presenter, music journalist and movie translator. He sufferd from depression) I can't reccomend it enough! It's on Polish Netflix (idk about other countries, but if you have VPN it shouldn't be a problem)
I want to see it!
I had the honor to watch it in Kraków shortly after the premiere and it was great, tragic and moving. It was interesting that they didn't concentrate on his art but rather on the everyday (mundane) life of Beksiński and his family. I had the impression that their life was the hardest for Zofia, his wife, she had to carry the household and deal with Beksiński himself and with their son, Tomasz. That for sure wasn't an easy, but a very demanding task. Of course when you're living it, mostly you don't experience your life as tragic or in the way outsiders would see it. But in the film their life was depicted as quite claustrophobic and framed by the activities of Beksiński himself, who didn't really like to travel, to go on trips etc. Of course that's just a perspective of the filmmakers.
Thank you for bringing this artist back to light. To be seen and shared. How incredible, and powerful his art is.
Excellently paced and informative!
Great explanations! His paintings show the dark side of humanity. I never saw anything more compelling and they remind me of some of the dreams I had.
I studied Beksinski for my art final and he was one of my favorite artists I studied. His art is gorgeous and I love how openly he left everything with his pieces is an interesting aspect and his art has even influenced my art.
I have never been interested in art till now. Recently a game named Scorn is released which was in development for eight years. Since I enjoy video game and it's art, storytelling, I closely following this game. The game's art style, world, visual storytelling have blown me away. And through this game I knew about Zdzislaw Beksinski and H.R. Giger, since the game was inspired by their art. I'm deeply fascinated by Beksinski's otherworldly art. And I want to learn more about his art, the meaning each art holds. In doing so I fascinated with Dystopian Surrealist art. And to learn more about his art I searched UA-cam and by far your analysis of Beksinski's art is extraordinary and amazing. You perfectly conveyed the inner though of his art. Really enjoyed your video. Hope to see some more.
Super Well Done. As an artist who has been a big fan of his for over 30 years you did him justice! Much Appreciated!
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Zdzislaw Beksinski is a great example of how the artists are always the opposite of the art.
Love hearing more about Beksinski's stuff.
This is my favroite artist.😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤.
Great video! Keep it up!
Thank you for making this video, I really needed to learn more about this incredible artist
*Beksinski + HH Giger = Nightmare personified*
In my opiniom Beksinski is the best artist in the world.
He is so underrated and under priced He is a god
Really great video.
A fav! His work is amazing.
Subscribed! I love the video, please do more stuff like this.
Great job on this! Loved it!
Well delivered. Compelling, and informative.
I love him! 🇵🇱
Wow great video man! I subbed and look forward to seeing your new uploads :)
Thank you
I find optimism in these image's.
Did you just made a video by showing slideshow of his painting and then in the background read parts of his Wikipedia with some text in between.
That is just....
Genius why the fuck did I not tried this way of making videos.
Man u good. From the philosophies to art. Keep producing, UA-cam needs more points of view and less academic divulgation.
High quality content 9/10
just add that bekSInski we pronounce rather like E, sheet SHēt :)
Im not good at English so hope u got what i wanted to say ;d
He’s my favorite
The surest way to piss off a human is to invalidate their suffering.
Imagine telling someone that their rape is imaginary.
Imagine telling someone that their trauma is imaginary.
Imagine telling a parent that the death of their child is imaginary.
Imagine telling an African-American that slavery is imaginary.
Oh the horror, Lego!
But please, stop playing stupid.
As upsetting as that may be, it does not change the fact that those things are imaginary.
"But Lego! How dare you tell me that my suffering is just some game I play!"
Yeah, well... you play some very serious games. But just because a statement pisses you off does not make it untrue. Just because something hurts like a bitch does not make it true. And just because you're in a nightmare does not make it real. This isn't bad news, this is actually a doorway to salvation.
All suffering is imaginary. This is completely unacceptable to the finite self. Because the finite self's modus operandi is the avoidance of suffering. Which means it has to take suffering as real. To invalidate the self's suffering is to invalidate the self's material reality. The realness of suffering is baked into the very core of how self constructs reality. This is not merely a psychological thing, it's a metaphysical thing.
The point of spirituality is that at high enough levels of consciousness it allows you to see through the illusion of suffering and trauma. This is salvation. But don't go trying to tell a human that her suffering is imaginary. That will only make humans hate you. Because the finite self is incapable of loving Truth. If you could love Truth, you wouldn't suffer in the first place. The finite self would rather live in a self-constructed hell than surrender itself to Truth.
Notice this about yourself: you are a suffering and drama addict, and you refuse to give it up because it is completely intertwined with your definitions of reality. It is this way because suffering keeps you alive. If you didn't care about suffering, you would not survive as a finite human self for very long.
Suffering is the greatest illusion. All God has to do to fool someone into believing that something is real is make it extremely painful. Then 99.9999% of people will never question it.
Humans are too biased and immature to accept this. They want their suffering validated. They want their illusions validated. This is the human condition. Humans are puppets pulled by emotional strings and they cry, kick, and scream like children at the suggestion of cutting those strings.
Waking up requires growing up.
Isn't it amazing how the greatest news you could possibly be told - that all your suffering and trauma is imaginary - is received by most humans as something horrible and insulting?
Truth is way more serious than people are ready to handle, so usually its best to keep it to yourself. When someone comes crying to you about their misery, you give them comfort, not Truth. An important lesson in your spiritual journey will be learning to meet people where they're at, not where you're at. I've made this mistake many times.
the only reason I know who zdzislaw's name is because I kept having some real odd dreams and started looking around the internet into similar stuff and some of his paintings came eerily close to what I would see in said dreams.
Exactly same experience here. I still remember the feeling when I first saw his paintings and the way it just made me feel like nothing and everything is real at the same time
I personally believe he was painting visions of Hell God gave him in dreams
Great video bb
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Thanks a lot for the introduction - only thing to add is please research first how to pronounce the name of the artists, to pay tribute :)
😂 I did and still couldn’t say it correctly
wait, I feel like I've already seen this video before!! Is it a reupload??
Yeah, someone copyright struck the old one
@@ThusSpokeHaven oh, that's why! Thought I had a bad case of déjà-vu!!
this video is literally him reading off the wikipedia and another page on this artist ...
I dont know whats more puzzling. His art or his death. Was he not murdered or what?
He was murdered by the son of someone who worked for him after refusing to loan the son a small amount of money.
@@Geospasmic yikes! reminds me of the story of greenbean. a tall fellow who made his fame on the tv show hee haw. he was murdered by relatives that just wanted his money.
@@leechild4655 Humans...
He was murdered by his friend's son because Beksiński didn't want to lend him money.
Good watch ty.
Did they delete the first Beksinski video?
Yeah
Yep
Is that a reupload? I feel like i already watched this video.
Yeah, someone copyright struck it
is this Zdzislaw Beksinski a Jew?
No, he wasn't
No 🤣
he visited another world. these images don't just come out of nowhere