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http://www.simonstalenhag.se/index.html

mesmerising and just a little unsettling.
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Hattip [url= http://boingboing.net/2013/08/21/swedish-seventies-neoretrofutu.html ]Boing Boing[/url]


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 1:47 pm
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i like them.he/she is a very good artist.good imagination too (would love to have a mech of my own 🙂


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 1:55 pm
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'Neoretrofutureism' Now there's a niche school of art! 😀


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:03 pm
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Class. Liking that very much


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:04 pm
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super cool.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:07 pm
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I don't often say this about art but they are bloody brilliant. I really like the style of them. Now I wonder how much a print would be and if there is any way I can convince Mrs_Ache to let me put one up.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:08 pm
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I love it, think I need a few pieces on my wall.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:09 pm
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Like this. Reminds me of the designs and situations in Half-Life 2. Some of the paintings are signed with a date of 2012.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:13 pm
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great stuff


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:31 pm
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Dystopian Roger Dean...


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 2:40 pm
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Sort of steampunky.

Only with Swedes in flares and anoraks rather than young Victorian ladies in revealing corsets.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:03 pm
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I like that, cheers for sharing 😀


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:08 pm
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They are good. Like the juxtaposition between the older Swedish cars and the futuristic working machines.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:11 pm
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It's the plausibility of the scene setting that makes them just a little bit edgy to me. A bit like:

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Posted : 22/08/2013 3:21 pm
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*runs behind the sofa*


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:25 pm
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I like those a lot. Cheers.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:45 pm
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Stoner - tops marks for the Friday Street pic.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:50 pm
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Flicking through the site not logged in.
Just HAD to comment - these are ****ing amazing - the style, the content - everything!
A very clever person indeed.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 3:54 pm
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cheers, glenp, I think? What's a "Friday Street pic"?

Those prints dont seem too expensive, do they? ..... 😉


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 8:03 pm
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mmmmmmmmmm...I don't like these. I find them disjointed and unevocative for the most part.

Perhaps this one I like but maybe just because it sums up how I feel about his work, 'What the bicycle is that! It doesn't make any sense.'

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Posted : 22/08/2013 8:21 pm
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Awesome!

Ditch the dinos though.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 8:26 pm
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Thanks Stoner - fantastic link


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 8:31 pm
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Technically, very good. I like the way he paints people (cars too), but the subject matter doesn't do anything for me. Like book covers for Philip K Dick books.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 8:36 pm
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Reminds me (a lot) of the [url= http://theblurlifestyle.blogspot.ie/2012/01/retro-future-art-of-syd-mead.html?m=1 ]Syd Mead[/url] books I had as a kid. Also makes me wonder where they went to as they're prob worth a few bob now. Also makes me wish I hadn't sold my yellow Mercedes T1.


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 9:48 pm
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nice


 
Posted : 22/08/2013 9:58 pm
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Great find. Can't find much info about the artist though, when were these painted?

[edit]there's an "About Me" section on his website... Any more info?


 
Posted : 23/08/2013 8:48 am
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I much prefer the ones that only hint of something - ones where you have to fill in the gaps. I don't like the ones with actual robots/dinos/etc.


 
Posted : 23/08/2013 8:58 am
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I like that, makes me want to know more about the subject in the picture


 
Posted : 23/08/2013 9:12 am
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I like the game on his site 🙂

http://www.rippledotzero.com/


 
Posted : 23/08/2013 9:24 am