I've recently tried looking into more modern artists. Not the Modernist movement, but contemporary artists. I've turned my attention to Nicola Samorì, who does what they're calling Dark Baroque.
I find myself connecting with the work he does. The references he makes to classical painting, and the way he unpacks the conventions of Baroque art and turns them into his own. Showing them inside out.
It's fascinating. This piece I'm particularly drawn to.
ooc: warnings for some body horror in the painting