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The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka: A Portfolio of 21 Paintings

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Each turn of the page drops you into a surreal world of beauty and intrigue. Opposite each superbly detailed work of art, Yerka shares the dream or childhood experience that inspired the original vision. Occasional brief insights into Yerka's life helps the reader become aware of his deeply personal process of bringing inner worlds into physical reality. This book has inspired me to explore my own inner world as a deep well from which to draw insights for creative expression. The book is visually entertaining and an amazing value considering the number of beautifully reproduced plates (21) and the large size of each, about 11 by 14 inches.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Specs on the book:

*suggested retail is $19.95
*48 pages
*22 paintings

They really done good with this book if you like his work. It has a index in the back which is kind of nice even though there aint much to navigate through. The book is a very convenient size. So dont worry about the images being to small, they kept that in mind. In the beginning the author of the book includes his own personal input about the artist. After that for every painting he has included the title of the painting and a personal input from Jacek himself. Even has a couple photos of Jacek which is nice. The only thing you might need to worry about is like with all paperbacks the bindings might come loose after a lengthy period of time. Also includes some good quotes from various geniuses throughout time in here.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

My personal input about Jacek is that he is more on the positive side of surrealism. He has really dreamy kind of art which I find very creative. He is one of the truthfully more creative artists. He has somewhat in my oppinion a childish kind of touch to his art. Which is not bad, yet making his art more positive then anything I guess I could say. He is highly creative from his surroundings and dreams, yet I think he might have somewhat a child aspect to his imagination. Most of his work is not bright, yet medium tone. If you like any surreal artwork, check into him.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Look into Beksinski if you like Jacek. As opposite of Jacek, Beksinski is more focused on the negative side of things. I really appreaciate his artwork due to the corruption, uglyiness, truthfulness, etc. in his artwork. He really has some disturbed images, yet it doesn't reallt have any symbolism in it. Just disturbed yet VERY creative mind. Even Jacek followed into his work.

John Satre is supposed to be a very good author of leader of existentialism. He is in the literature and philosphy. Existentialism is a philosphy on how we were all born of nothing and how we are ultimately free and etc. You get the idea. It really emphasizes on your freedom of creativity and has some good philosphy. Even though I am Christian and his book is somewhat against religion, it is still good to learn from.

LINKS

Jacek art - http://www.yerka.pl/Yerka-pic.html
Jacek art - http://www.imagenetion.org/cabernet/jyerka1.htm
Beksinski art - http://www.beksinski.pl/
Beksinski art - http://www.museummorpheus.com/contemp/beksinski/
John Satre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

P.S. If I had any spelling errors or grammar errors... oh well. English is for communication, not perfection.

My favorite from this collection is called "New Age Manhattan", a meticulous rendering of a block of skyscrapers made of old, worn-out boards and powered only by campfires. You could sit and look at these pictures for hours!

I love looking at the pictures in this book, that arrived promptly and in excellent condition.