That art style is called “Alegria” or “Corporate Memphis” and it always makes me feel kind of nauseated, even without the cannibalism.
It’s the comic sans of art movements. It works really well for what it was designed for (eye-catching, inoffensive, and simple) but its both overused and misused in enough places that people have soured on it over the years.
I’ve got a visceral reaction to it now and see it as threatening and as a sign to run far as fuck from whatever I’m being sold.
This wiki page is one of my favourites. It’s subtly dripping with distain.
LOL Right? The contempt is just barely contained by the Wikipedia voice and tone.
Thank you for the interesting read.
In case anyone missed the reference, this is based on a work found painted on the walls of Fransisco Goya’s dining room after he died. You’ll often hear it called “Saturn Devouring His Son”, but the work was never titled or displayed publicly. There’s really no good reason to believe that the devourer is Chronos/Saturn, that the devouree is even a child, or that either body is male.
I personally like to think of it as Untitled (Dining Room).
Untitled (Dining Room)
Little things to inspire appetite 🥰
I agree, the fact that the painting was never titled or displayed publicly adds a lot to the work. It was just in his dining room, alongside other similar paintings, if I recall. That context makes the already unnerving work hit harder. Thanks for sharing this tidbit
I’m a big fan of Goya’s (drowning?) dog painting, another of his Black Paintings that nobody knew about before he died
Yeah wow that’s incredible. That dog looks very alone and scared, I could see how people say drowning. Cresting a hill was my first thought.
There’s really no good reason to believe that the devourer is Chronos/Saturn, that the devouree is even a child, or that either body is male.
There is a good reason to think it’s a child - it looks like one. Just not necessarily the child of the devourer
What normies think a parent killing a child process is.
Don’t tell them about the zombies.
Is this where “bit his head off” saying originated?
I love it. It’s the perfect illustration of a metaphor for enshittification.
Alphabet, finally devouring Google Search. 🙄
The Titans are back
This is genuinely good art, I would buy this if it were on canvas
I also want this as a canvas print. If you find one, let me know where.
It’s Google devouring Google Search!
Is this part of Hades 2?
Her arms need to be bendier.
