Line #20 Creator/GabrielGrun


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Self-Portrait With Action Figure'']]
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4	Gabriel Grün is a Magic Realist and Ultra-Contemporary Figurative {{painter\|s}} born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978.
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6	He identifies as a member of the [[https://darkartmovement.com/dark-art-movement/ Dark Art Movement]], a contemporary descendent of the [[{{Surrealism}} Surrealist Movement]] with a focus on the incorporation of black for {{Chiaroscuro}} and the use of dream logic to draw upon darker interpretations of the human experience.
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8	In Grün's case, he works predominantly as a Figure painter, depicting the human body using techniques of the Rennaissance and Baroque masters in a matter that borders on the grotesque.
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10	Grün has no official website of his own, but his work can be seen on various public websites, including his [[https://www.facebook.com/gabrielgrunart/?ref=page_internal Facebook page]], [[https://macabregallery.com/artists/gabriel-grun/ Macabre Gallery]], [[https://artfacts.net/artist/gabriel-gruen/43484 Artfacts]] and [[http://gabrielgrun.blogspot.com/ blogspot]].
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12	!!Tropes found in Grün and his work:
13	* BatPeople: ''Murciélago'' features a human man with wings anatomically similar to that of a bat pinned to a surface with pins in a manner similar to a crucified Jesus.
14	* BodyHorror: A lot of his {{paintings}} add something extra to the figures (like bat wings or superflous genitals) as [[RuleOfSymbolism commentary on real-world issues]].
15	* FanDisservice: Nude figures as a tradition [[ItsNotPornItsArt tend to evoke some erotic connotations]] by their very nature. While some of Grün's paintings fall prey to this, there are others that purposefully subvert this through a mix of BodyHorror and general surrealness.
16	** ''La Pequeña Peluda'' features a [[AmbiguousGender vaguely androgynous]] figure with long red hair that drapes not unlike Creataor/SandroBotticelli's [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli Venus]]. The hair on their head is cut fairly short, with the drapery flowing from their armpits and ''pubes.''
17	** ''La Pequeña Aracné'' features a woman with three sets of legs, the curvature of her buttocks molding into two other bottoms that connect with the four extra legs.
18	** ''Metamorphosis into Gruyere Cheese'' features a nude woman who's body is covered with holes that evoke swiss cheese.
19	** ''Tacto (Touch)'' features a bald, nude woman absolutely ''covered'' in spare nipples.
20	** ''Arache'' features a hairless woman with exposed breasts and genitals with four arms and four legs. If that doesn't turn you off, her disapproving gaze staring right at the viewer will.
21	* FaunsAndSatyrs: ''Satyr'' features a standing female figure with goat legs that evokes the classic faun or satyr.
22	* MythicalMotifs: Much like the Classical Movement he borrows so heavily from, a lot of his paintings pay direct homage to Myth/ClassicalMythology.
23	* OurNymphsAreDifferent: ''Ninfa en el estanque (Nymph in the Pond)'' features a red-headed woman (presumably the nymph) staring at her own reflection in a pond.
24	* RecliningVenus: ''The Big Halatea'' and ''The Small Galatea'' both feature female nudes reclining against a pastoral backdrop [[ArtImitatesArt in a manner similar]] to ''Art/{{Sleeping Venus\|Giorgione}}'' and Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''[[Art/TheBirthOfVenusCabanel The Birth of Venus]]''.
25	* TheWeirdSisters: ''Parcas'' features nude, red-headed triplets handing a singular thread of gold in a manner that evokes The Fates from Myth/ClassicalMythology.

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