“Original Sin” | 14″ x 18 ” | Mixed Media | 2007

Kris Kuski

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. What did you dream? It’s alright we told you what to dream. -
Welcome to the Machine (Waters)

One of the integral and original voices in the rapidly emerging artistic movement entitled: Fantastic Realism is the Missouri born, award-winning artist Kris Kuksi. The art of Kris Kuksi includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, murals, illustrations and portraits. Drawing upon these medias to create his 3-d pieces, Kuksi sculpts beautiful representation of our deepest fears, that which society is reluctant to address in this age of political correctness. All his work, however, and especially the “grotesque” series (pictured) contains fine intricacies, bridging the gap between human psychology and demonic fantasy, causing one to become entranced within the layers upon layers of meticulously defined detail.

His inspiration is multi layered too, drawing upon politics, war, famine and discrimination, along with a plethora of unnoticed beauty that is brought to our attention. Yet what’s more defining in kuski’s work, is the brutel honesty and rawness of it; revealing the illusion or “mind set” we create through fear in our minds, in a popular culture so riddled with “self-indulgence”, “self-escapism”, and “shallow-heartedness”. In short, Kuski work exposes the truth.

For more information on Kris Kuski and his incredible work, please visit here. He can also be found through his Deviant Art page of http://kuksi.deviantart.com/. There is also a beinArt.org Interview with Kris Kuksi. You might also want to view some more samples of kuski’s masterly below. Enjoy!

“The Macabre Ride” | 18″ x 22 ” | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Arrival” | 21″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Arrival” - close up | 21″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Decision” | 30″ diameter | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Slaughterhouse” | 17″ x 16″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Slaughterhouse” - close up 1 | 17″ x 16″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Slaughterhouse” - close up 2 | 17″ x 16″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“A Surrealist’s Carnival” | 26″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“A Surrealist’s Carnival” - close up | 26″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“A Surrealist’s Carnival” - close up | 26″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“A Surrealist’s Carnival” - close up | 26″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“A Surrealist’s Carnival” - close up | 26″ x 30″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“Culture Cleansing Machine” | 21″ x 20″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“Culture Cleansing Machine” - close up 1 | 21″ x 20″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“Culture Cleansing Machine” - close up 1 | 21″ x 20″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“The Last Judgement” | 15″ x 16″ x 6.5″ | Mixed Media | 2007

“Lust and Self-Abuse” | Mixed Media 29″ Diameter | 2007

“Lust and Self-Abuse” - close up 1 | Mixed Media 29″ Diameter | 2007

“Lust and Self-Abuse” - close up 2 | Mixed Media 29″ Diameter | 2007

Lust and Self-Abuse | Mixed Media 29″ Diameter | 2007