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Controversial Illustrations By Polish Artist Reveal The Darker Side Of Modern Society
Polish illustrator, artist, and co-owner of Morski Studio Graficzne Igor Morski creates surreal images imbued with hidden meaning. He graduated with honors from the Interior Architecture and Industrial Design Faculty at the State Higher School of Fine Art in Poznań, and worked for public broadcasting in the 80s and 90s, before finally pursuing a career in press illustration. Morski opened his own studio in 1995.
"Sometimes I used to use popular symbols, such as Pinocchio’s long nose," Morski told Bored Panda. "However, most frequently I have tried to think up my own symbols. For example, [my piece] “creative archaeology” is about the commercialisation of archaeology. There, I depict a halved human head filled with the sand with a stylised figure of Indiana Jones, the archaeologist, at the top. The symbolism becomes clear. On the one hand, you have the head filled with the sand, on the other, the figure digging in it."
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I was a single parent myself for a while. This illustrates the situation perfectly! I had to row against my ex while having the added weight of the children.
The words on there are the days of the week in case you were wondering.
Or a boy growing into society's definition of what a man is supposed to be. What our definition of masculinity has evolved into.
We are made of Earth. When we die we will return to the earth. But, in the meantime, life is a beautiful dance.
We put so many thoughts and feelings into little compartments, putting off dealing with them.....
I like that, but I would say that humanity is eroding ...
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Building success and treasure for ourselves, but we are left empty and unsatisfied.
The kingdom of God is within man but man is building an external fascade leaving himself empty
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?
The more man builds status symbols the more hollow he becomes.
The big men (and maybe women) who carry the weight of a city on his back leaves himself hollow and bereft of the solidity a person needs will buckle and collapse when "he" is the foundation and has neglected to "feed" himself in the process. When powerful people give their all to the growth of a symbolic city at the expense of caring for themselves (brain, body, heart, soul...) they will eventually buckle and risk crumbling to pieces. Breaking the wall art barrier his spirit is asking the objective, outsider audience, seeing his desperate and precarious situation that looks like he's afraid to move (make tough choices), for help.
Castles build with the back of the slaves while inside shows the hunger, the unknowledge, and their bones made dust in the end.
As castles have hidden places in caves bellow their surface that hold truths and beauties, so a man has his heart and soul hidden inside his body, and if that hidden place is empty, it needs to be filled up with life and love from true and clean source and sphere
Society built on the backs of citizens, and erodes the very fabric of those people.
The Castle, perhaps built on a Countryside for a noble family, has stood proud for centuries, caring for its family, watching over its country and kin. And just like an elderly family member, of a White Western middle class …..This proud man, who was the foundation of his family, perhaps even fought for his country is sadly, much like this castle, wanting to slip away without being a burden to anyone……I mean no offence to anyone by saying this as Im quite sure that is not the case with all families of that category, but from what I see where I live in British Columbia, Canada, families who originate from India or China for example, take care of their elderly until they pass in their own homes or in the home of a relative. They don't ship them off to a nursing home to wither away and die like the majority of North American families. And of course circumstances don't always allow us to care for our elderly relatives at home, i get that too…. My point is, just that its sad.
outwardly: we are socially acceptable; inwardly: we are more primitive
Houses,towers and all other material objects are omly a burden which destroys a man.
We build our cities to caves that are fragile, we can`t imagine how weak are they now. Also, the whole earth is breakable, but the people always wants to build bigger and bigger towers. It`s all about money and power.
I see a child controlling his elder self. The moon is a terrific allegory for the lens of fantasy through which we viewed adulthood.
Inside: i am still a young girl, wishing to fly away. To escape. Why were birds born with wings, and not I?
Business and capitalism are just means in which society can unload aggressiveness and the desire of dominance. Deep inside we are still all animals.
Big fish in a little pond; america isn't as great as it thinks it is without the cooperation/water of the rest of the world.
His imagination lifts him up out of his impoverished surroundings. But he is also his own worst enemy: if he swings his sword the wrong way, he'll cut the strings and come crashing painfully back to reality.
Despite how important a thing is, there is always a limit of having it, too much of anything is a bad idea.
Sometimes you think you protecting yourself when the very thing you thought was protecting you ends up causing the most damage...
We as people are larger than those giving the orders. We literally support those in power, and yet we follow their direction
Demons inside us are killing us or that dark side inside each of us
The distorted reality and transformation of matter to symbolize reality in dreams
We can evolve and change, but our future is literally either going to be flooded or filled with pollution
Absolutely marvellous illustration. I am hoping the author is going to come up with more artwork of these series - everything I saw, makes me craving for more. Polak wykazał się myślą i talentem, narysował ciekawe ilustracje, a ludzie zza granicy jako zaangażowani odbiorcy ciekawie je interpretują i podpisują. To co się dzieje na tej stronie jest dobrym wzorem dla wszystkich Polaków za granicą - bądź jak Morski. Reprezentuj, inspiruj i wyznaczaj standardy dla każdego.
It needs to be a bit more understandable but the phone parasite was really realistic and true!
The people analyzing these images are brilliant!! I couldn't come up with explanations for most, but the comments are really spectacular in the process of interpretation.!
These remind me so much of a modern day salivdor Dali!! Marvellous in every way!!
They are marvelous, amazing, stunning, but some I couldn't understand the meaning behind and it drives me crazy. Hope they had the explanation of the author, without that it's impossible to stop yourself from making your own conclusions and it means endless thinking. New illusions each time ı review. :(
I love great art. I enjoy surrealism in particular. Therefore to me, this man is the best of the best! Amazing skill combined with unbelievable creativity. LOVE IT!!!! www.leonkushnerart.blogspot.ca
I'm not an artist, an art critic, nor even a patron of the arts particularly so take my assessment with a grain of salt. But in my very novice opinion I find these to be the finest examples of surrealism I've seen since someone showed me my first Dali. Bravo! Sharing now.
Reminds me of ROBERT RALPH CARMICHAEL. He designed Canada's 1 dollar Loonie coin, amongst other Commemorative pieces. He does excellent Surrealism also.
Some of the pictures are so totally disturbing. Overall an exceptional critique on humanity or our lack of it. Thought provoking, thank you...
I very much enjoyed the conceptualism in the works. I am a conceptual artist myself.
Amazing work! He/she really did great detail in making it look like a photograph. Keep up the amazing work! ^.^
I wonder how long it takes to make these, either way their excellent!
Absolutely marvellous illustration. I am hoping the author is going to come up with more artwork of these series - everything I saw, makes me craving for more. Polak wykazał się myślą i talentem, narysował ciekawe ilustracje, a ludzie zza granicy jako zaangażowani odbiorcy ciekawie je interpretują i podpisują. To co się dzieje na tej stronie jest dobrym wzorem dla wszystkich Polaków za granicą - bądź jak Morski. Reprezentuj, inspiruj i wyznaczaj standardy dla każdego.
It needs to be a bit more understandable but the phone parasite was really realistic and true!
The people analyzing these images are brilliant!! I couldn't come up with explanations for most, but the comments are really spectacular in the process of interpretation.!
These remind me so much of a modern day salivdor Dali!! Marvellous in every way!!
They are marvelous, amazing, stunning, but some I couldn't understand the meaning behind and it drives me crazy. Hope they had the explanation of the author, without that it's impossible to stop yourself from making your own conclusions and it means endless thinking. New illusions each time ı review. :(
I love great art. I enjoy surrealism in particular. Therefore to me, this man is the best of the best! Amazing skill combined with unbelievable creativity. LOVE IT!!!! www.leonkushnerart.blogspot.ca
I'm not an artist, an art critic, nor even a patron of the arts particularly so take my assessment with a grain of salt. But in my very novice opinion I find these to be the finest examples of surrealism I've seen since someone showed me my first Dali. Bravo! Sharing now.
Reminds me of ROBERT RALPH CARMICHAEL. He designed Canada's 1 dollar Loonie coin, amongst other Commemorative pieces. He does excellent Surrealism also.
Some of the pictures are so totally disturbing. Overall an exceptional critique on humanity or our lack of it. Thought provoking, thank you...
I very much enjoyed the conceptualism in the works. I am a conceptual artist myself.
Amazing work! He/she really did great detail in making it look like a photograph. Keep up the amazing work! ^.^
I wonder how long it takes to make these, either way their excellent!
