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Merve Morkoç’s Disturbing Paintings Turn Beauty Into Gore

Turkish artist Merve Morkoç aka Lakormis mocks our predilection for beauty with portraits that toy with our instincts and desires. Thin, young, model-like characters with the types of faces and bodies that line the pages of fashion magazines are her primary subjects. But Morkoç alters the women's appearances with disturbing, fantasy disfigurations that make them the stuff of nightmares. Initial attraction quickly becomes repulsion. Morkoç waves the illusion of beauty before the viewer's face and rips it away like a veil, revealing the strange, Frankenstein-esque details she has added to her characters.

Turkish artist Merve Morkoç aka Lakormis mocks our predilection for beauty with portraits that toy with our instincts and desires. Thin, young, model-like characters with the types of faces and bodies that line the pages of fashion magazines are her primary subjects. But Morkoç alters the women’s appearances with disturbing, fantasy disfigurations that make them the stuff of nightmares. Initial attraction quickly becomes repulsion. Morkoç waves the illusion of beauty before the viewer’s face and rips it away like a veil, revealing the strange, Frankenstein-esque details she has added to her characters.

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Lakormis, Merve Moroc, painting

Karen Ann Myers, painting, Realism

June 28, 2016

Based in Charleston, South Carolina, painter Karen Ann Myers uses the bedroom as the backdrop to each of her works, both idealizing the space and offering vulnerability and strength with each subject. Specifically, the bed used as reference in each piece belongs to Myers, while the rooms are retrofitted with new styles, adored objects, and context. The result is a singular personality, with her own elegance and character.

French Artists 100TAUR and Hisham Echafaki Exhibit in “Lusus Naturae”

100TAUR, Hisham Echafaki, Lusus Naturae, painting, resin

October 7, 2015

On October 14th, French artists 100TAUR and Hisham Echafaki will debut new works in their two-person exhibition, "Lusus Naturae" in London. Borrowing their title from a Latin phrase that describes any creature or specimen that defies classification, the exhibit will include a series of paintings, drawings and three-dimensional works that depict "freaks of nature". Their works feature fantastical hybrid creatures alongside some of the world's most bizarre members of fauna. Both 100TAUR's portrayals of mythical monsters in their dark world and Echafaki's intricate, pattern-filled works explore the human fascination with oddities or monstrosities along with our fragile relation with the nature.

Dan Gluibizzi’s Intimate, Sparse Figurative Paintings

Dan Gluibizzi, figurative, painting

April 27, 2017

Dan Gluibizzi, a Portland-based artist, mixes acrylics and watercolors for his works, each a collection of portraits that together create social examinations. Whether his subjects are in business attire or unclothed, an intimacy carries throughout the sparse works. The artist scours the Internet, specifically nudist blogs and Tumblrs, for inspiration in creating his paintings.

Alejandro Pasquale’s Veiled, Painted Portraits

Alejandro Pasquale, painting, portrait

August 4, 2017

Alejandro Pasquale’s surreal paintings are mysterious portraits, with the faces of subjects often obscured in flora or masks. These youthful explorations often come in varying moods, from wonder to melancholy and even loneliness. The painter uses oils, acrylics, and graphite to fuel these ideas. The artist was last featured on HiFructose.com here.

Merve Morkoç’s Disturbing Paintings Turn Beauty Into Gore

Revisiting Bedroom Views by Karen Ann Myers

French Artists 100TAUR and Hisham Echafaki Exhibit in “Lusus Naturae”

Dan Gluibizzi’s Intimate, Sparse Figurative Paintings

Alejandro Pasquale’s Veiled, Painted Portraits

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