100 ARTISTS SEE SATAN

by First Last

While 100 Artists See Satan may not exactly present Satan's side of things, it does present a wide, albeit inconclusive, range of perspectives; it is intended to be a series of snapshots and ruminations, and it is an essentially visual exercise - there are no artist biographies or artist statements in the catalogue, just images by 100 artists. (Actually 115 artists' works are included in the catalogue and probably a few more in the exhibition; we attribute this to satanic math and with having an abundance of incredible work that we wanted to include in the exhibition). Some of the artists are famous and some unknown; their approaches to Satan range from humor and absurdity to deadpan seriousness, from blatantly political to esoterically philosophical, from text to symbolic images, from art historical references to pop-culture icons, from overt graphic images to subtle, sometimes poetic gestures, from abstraction to explicit depictions of individuals or imagery, from the found object to the meticulously rendered painting, from drawing to photography to video to music.

Genres: Art

100 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Anita Dalton]

100 Artists See Satan is the third offering for my Halloween 2017 fiesta over on Odd Things Considered. There's not a lot to discuss because this is a themed art collection where artists interpret Satan. It is what it is, but I pulled out some of my favorite depictions and shared them. If modern artists sharing their interpretations of ultimate evil appeals to you, have a look.

[skel]

unfortunately, 90% of this book is giving Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way vibes

[Aaron the Pink Donut]

Pretty self explanatory. 100 artists tackle the theme of Satan. Everything from cartoons to post modern abstractions. Good stuff.

[Jasmine]

The show was great in person. A very eclectic collection of art. Some great, some not so great.