Hannah's blog: Santiago Caruso

He is a symbolist and surrealist illustrator whose work is an avant-garde concept which is still rooted in the 19th century. He draws magnificant pieces of work which portray all sorts of different emotion, conflict isa good example of some of his work.

He dedicated his work to horror, supernatural, fantasy, suspence, as well as essay and poetry.
His work is very original and dull, which fits in with the theme of 'conflict' perfectly. His work stand out for its vigor as well as its technique which outstanding.
http://beinart.org/artists/santiago-caruso/gallery/paintings/ http://www.santiagocaruso.com.ar/bio.html
His work has a lot of meaning to it if you pay attention to the detail and what it is telling trying to tell you.

In the first picture (Irom MaidenII) Caruso is most likely to be depicting ones inner self which most people keep hidden away, be it good or bad. The colours he used inflict death and enhance the gore coming from the nude figure inside the clothed woman.

In the second picture (unknown) Caruso portrays a monster who seems to be pulling on a mans tendons or nerves which are making him scream in agony.

In the third picture (unknown) Caruso depicts the life and death scenario; whereby no one can live forever as death will always follow you where ever you go no matter how rich, successful or noble you are.