I’ve been browsing DarkRoastedBlend.com’s steampunk series when I came across this weird picture of a church rolling around in battle tank tracks. It was not a real tank (or church) but the image caught my eye so much that I have to dig up the web for more.
The Church that means business
So I Googled this guy’s name and I found out that the artist is a 35-year old American by the name of Kris Kuksi based in Hays, Kansas. An accomplished painter and sculptor, Kuksi is one of those elect people gifted with that enviable attention to detail and artistry I cannot hope to achieve in a lifetime.
You see, I’ve seen a lot of interesting juxtapositions in 2D and 3D art before but in my opinion, Kuksi’s works set the benchmark for detail and precision. Think Larry Alcala’s “Slice of Life” or Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” in 3D and you’ll know what I mean.
His works normally feature a dominant head/skull figure floating above the rest of the tableau filled with chains, columns, mechanical doodads, gothic arches, skeletal remains, rococo patterns and android as well as animal figures in various sizes, stages of emotion and states of mutilation. His finished works are not only rich in detail and tension. They also overflow with socio-political and religious commentary for the discerning eye and mind. One can’t also help but notice the underlying order in the chaotic madness and melancholy juxtaposition of Victorian, modern and mechanical and anatomical elements in each of his impressive sculptural works.
Here are some great samples of his art I got from his website and deviantart account.
The Recreation
Plague Parade, Detail 1
The Deadly Sins
The Great Liberator
The Tower of Babel
Le Tour Macabre
Fall of Rome
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