Boris Artzybasheff

June 16, 2008 3:10 PM

Diableri, Machinalia and Neurotica. Illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff (previously) from his book As I See.
posted by homunculus (11 comments total)

Ooh, this stuff is very nice. Anthropomorfucked in the head, if you will.
posted by cortex at 3:31 PM on June 16, 2008

It's oobi gone horribly wrong.
posted by selfmedicating at 4:55 PM on June 16, 2008

Thanks for posting homunculus. I especially enjoyed the second link and I probably never would have seen these otherwise.
posted by friendlyjuan at 4:58 PM on June 16, 2008

I like these too, especially the Machinalia. And it touches on a topic I almost did an AskMe about: How does one learn how to draw machines? Semi-artistically, I mean. Somewhere between the isometric CAD style and the softly-lit still life style. Maybe everyone who does that starts at one end and works towards the other?
posted by DU at 5:40 PM on June 16, 2008

These are from the 1950's? Have we come so short?
posted by Citizen Premier at 5:50 PM on June 16, 2008

I've always liked Artzy's work. A few new ones for me here; thanks, homunculus.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 6:21 PM on June 16, 2008

Oh, via Boing Boing, btw.
posted by homunculus at 6:37 PM on June 16, 2008

More fun at the ASIFA (totally different from Artzybasheff): Lawson Wood - The Monkey Painter.
posted by homunculus at 6:44 PM on June 16, 2008

Very very nice. Thanks.
posted by OmieWise at 7:30 PM on June 16, 2008

Nice stuff, I have always enjoyed this guy's artwork. Thank you for posting this. Artzybasheff was also famous for his Time magazine covers. Here is an article from a 1954 issue of Time about the publication of As I See.

And look! They have his papers at Syracuse University. Be fun to spend a few weeks going through those.
posted by marxchivist at 7:55 PM on June 16, 2008

I love this guy's work. Thanks for the great link!
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 6:51 AM on June 17, 2008