What Skinner has said about Monsters in art
3 quotes · 1 episode · Dec 22, 2024
Skinner, Oakland-based artist known for monster paintings; label also appears on short interjections and the closing Realm Runners narration, has been quoted on Monsters in art 3 times in 1 episode of Seekers of the Eternal, most recently on December 22, 2024. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Skinner says he retreated into fantasy as a child and found ordinary reality mundane, which stunted his social connections.
“Compared to my fantasy world and the isolation of it and the construct of it, the regular world, reality, was like banal and like boring”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 14:44
Skinner says his monster work metabolizes trauma, comparing his role to a turkey vulture transforming a corpse.
“they're metabolizing this thing so that like it becomes something else. It's like transformative”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 34:56
Skinner cites Guillermo del Toro's view that monsters are saints onto which people project isolation and shame.
“That's what I like about Guillermo del Toro's perspective on monsters, which is that they're like saints”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 34:33
Episodes
#57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self LoveSeekers of the Eternal · Dec 22, 2024 · 1 h 47 min
Artist Skinner talks with host Palehorse about anxiety, monsters as metaphor, mythology, conspiracies, wrestling and finding self-love through creative work.
Skinner on other topics
- Artistic anxiety and self-doubt · 6 quotes
- Conspiracy theories and personal accountability · 5 quotes
- Shrine of Abominations · 1 quote
- Professional wrestling · 1 quote
- Synchronicity · 1 quote
- Heavy metal music · 1 quote
- Indra's net · 1 quote