Monsters in art
Subject in Visual Arts
Monsters in art has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Seekers of the Eternal. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
SkinnerOakland-based artist known for monster paintings; label also appears on short interjections and the closing Realm Runners narration
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
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 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
Podcasts
- Seekers of the Eternal · 1 episode
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.