And then he went completely insane. Personally, I like the stuff he did while already clearly insane but not yet institutionalized.
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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kinda rad tbh
From the article:
One thing that is often overlooked is the fact that Wain also continued to produce work in a more traditional style during this time too. The belief that his abstract drawings demonstrate the progressive deterioration of his mental state is quite likely a falsehood – the result of a claim made in a book called Psychotic Art that was published in the 1960s.
So now I’m wondering which claim is true. I’m might need to look more into this at not-2am, though.
Insanity is a helluva drug.
I wish i could see like that.
His work in that bottom row, oddly, reminds me of the works of sometimes cover artist for the band tool.
So he turned the cats into south asian gods
Benedict Cumberbatch plays him in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Really enjoyed it!
He's great, as is Claire Foy.
Was it just me or was it shot in a weird aspect ratio though?
I didn’t notice but It definitely had some disorienting vibes so maybe that was part of it
How the author of that article threw Aspergers in with schizophrenia and dementia as a possible cause for his decline into acid-tripping cats, I don't even know. Aspergers is apparently very different from what I thought it was.