Dirty Old Town

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Anyone has any interpretations of Niklas' artwork "Dirty Old Town"?

 

[solefald]

Im gonna buy it but the band is going on tour so I must do it this or next week if I want it this year

but I like it,looks great(like all of niklas art)

 

[rahvin]

i see it every morning when i open my eyes. i thought about it a bit, but not enough to post some overlong analysis. you have to wait some more.

rahvin.

 

[Fathomless]

This is pretty vague, but the dude at the center looks like a gatekeeper of sorts, with his staff. and there seems to be a line, at the bottom, across which anything beautiful dares not go. You see all the colorful (presumably organic) material is contained in the lower left, and on the "gatekeeper's" side of the line, it's pretty desolate. Also, the arch in back might lend more credence to the gate theory.

Now, as for any deeper interpretations, geez . . . this is just my stab in the dark. (Niklas, if you're reading this, please accept my apologies). I think it might be an introspective piece, possibly asserting that there are certain places in the heart, soul, self, whatever you want to call it, that we try to shield from beauty . . . assumedly for reasons of self-protection. That we all need a bit of desolation to call our own. That we all need an introspective "Dirty Old Town" to call home.

Haha, that came off as cheesy. But those are my thoughts. And I do suppose, ultimately, that it's better to attempt to interpret any form of art and to do it incorrectly, than to fail to make any such attempt.

Niklas may fervently disagree. Haha.

Cheers,

Fathomless

 

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@Fathomless That's a good observation, I didn't think of it that way.

 

[Siren]

Hmm yeah, maybe, pretty good approach.. And he looks a bit threatening in the way he's holding his staff (resembles a sort of key too, and in the beginning i thought of it as a musical instrument or so..). What about the little beast he holds in his palm?

 

[Fathomless]

What, the beast? I thought it was obvious: That's his Beauty-Fighting Beastie. It runs around fending off beauty.

Haha. Honestly, I have no explanation to offer other than a sort of anti-beauty.

 

[Siren]

Kerverus?

 

[Siren]

Holy shit..! Just discovered this beauty in Niklas' site...

"Line drawing from 1993. Originally used as a t-shirt print, I gave it a facelift with colored pencil a few years later. Probably one of my most complex drawings; this small thumbnail doesn't come close to conveying the painstalking detail in the image." Niklas Sundin.



Wouldn't this be cool as a poster or on fabric hanging on a wall?
Plz gimme some support here, in hope Niklas heeds our call!

 

[Ormir]

Wow, that's really impressive. Reminds me of the theme he had going on in The Gallery, that would look amazing as a poster/fabric. Niklas, we want this!

 

[FatherVic]

well since I have to move soon, I haven't put it on the wall yet, so I hardly ever stare at it, but the only thing that came to my mind when I saw it, and considering other artwork from Niklas, is that this thing the dude is holding in his hand is not really a stuff but his own sex...
now I'd lie to you all if I said I had a realistic interpretation to this piece... soooooooooooo I won't give it

as for the image siren brought.....I even made a winampskin for that, since it's probably the best image Niklas has done so far, along with the sunflower one (IMHO )

so now I'm waiting for the next image to be out!!!!! (also the size is much better than a bigger poster which will suit better when hanging on a wall )

fv(cabin fever mediaist)


PD: in the way to finish the loooooooooooooooooong time winamp skin for the cabin itself

 

[Melancholia]

i haven't seen the thing you are talking about,but the thing siren posten is real B E A U T Y
and yup,i'd love to have such a poster......


~mel~ (in bubu wait of my sweet nightingale poster )

 

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Originally posted by Melancholia
i haven't seen the thing you are talking about,but the thing siren posten is real B E A U T Y
and yup,i'd love to have such a poster......


~mel~ (in bubu wait of my sweet nightingale poster )

Dirty Old Town

 

[FatherVic]

oh!!!!
for the ones who haven't seen this great piece...

now, to get the info on how to buy it...just follow to this page in cabin fever media headquarters....


fathervic (as spammer as he has never been)

 

[Melancholia]

thank you both

hmmm this image reminds me of fairytales and stuff.....very sweet

bubu....as for the purchase.....some ooooooother time,maybe never...i've many swedes rich this month

 

[Kovenant84]

I've always wanted that 'gallery' era piece as a poster or something... there was even a time when i thought... hey, wouldn't that be great as a tattoo?... then i smacked myself....

~Kovenant (will get Dirty Old Town sooner or later)