Saddo has done something remarkable. He has not only produced a cryptic and unsettling vision in RIDE, he has (in our opinion) indirectly referenced El Topo, that cult film/assault on rational thought that so many cineastes hold dear. This colorful disorganization of the familiar here is like a circus scene from some livelier circle of the inferno. A masked child-man reins in an anthropomorphic beast; the latter evincing an emotion of either pained resignation or subdued anger. The cascade of riotous colors almost prompt the eye to seek relief in the diminutive structure found center-right. Is that "home"? Is it a slaughterhouse with fetid and rank odors ascending to the sky like black incense? If the sleep of reason breeds monsters, Saddo's slumber has inspired a dark chimera or two in this canvas.
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50x50 cm: Acrylics, ink liners, paint markers on wood.Discuss This Run
About the Artist
Location: Romania
Romanian born artist, Raul Oprea (aka Saddo), graduated from the University of Art and Design in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Saddo specializes in bright, intricate, and surreal characters. His mediums usually include acrylic paint, watercolor, pencils, and marker pens on paper, as well as street surfaces and wood. These works were done on found wood.
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