The Dark World of Odilon Redon
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- The work of French artist Odilon Redon, regarded as one of the most important and original Symbolists of late 19th and early 20th centuries, defies easy categorization. His work transcends the boundaries of conventional artistic movements, blending elements of Symbolism, Surrealism, and even hints of Impressionism. Through his exploration of dreams, imagination, and the subconscious, Redon is most well-known for his body of monochromatic artwork that exploited the expressive and suggestive powers of the colour black, known as the noir series.
Although many other more colourful works of his would be just as compelling and unsettling, it is his sinister black charcoal Noir drawings that seem to tap deep into the curiosity of many art enthusiasts when they hear the name of Odlion Redon, primarily for their intimate connection to the hidden side of Redon’s mind that he would creatively and willingly put on display for viewers to experience.
In this video, we will delve into that very same experience together, by taking a close look at some of Redon’s most fascinating pieces within his noir series, to unravel the mysteries that lie within many of the strange dreams and nightmares of Redon that he would bring to life. Whether depicting fantastical creatures, haunting landscapes, or ethereal figures, many compositions of his within this morbidly alluring series invite us to embark on a journey of pure introspection and contemplation. But since his talent transcends his use of charcoal alone, particularly in his later work, we’ll also be taking a quick look at some of his paintings and pastel drawings as well, as I feel there is still much we can explore within this more abstract and vibrant world he created alongside his darker work.
Welcome to another video, my friends. Join me as we embark on a journey into the mystical realms of Redon's imagination, where the boundaries between the conscious and the subconscious blur, and the mysteries of existence unfold.
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Redon was my favorite artist for a totally arbitrary reason-I’d been given a bunch of posters of his work and spent hours of my childhood staring at them. The twist was they were all his colorful pastels and paintings. (Imagine my surprise when I discovered that he was much better known for the Noirs, when to me he was a painter of bright suns and butterflies!)
I saw the title and was befuddled at anybody calling him “dark” lol but I guess I’m in for it now!
I love those too. I just found out this second that he’s better known for anything else
@@animula6908 I was lucky enough to be at the Musee d’Orsay when they had a special exhibition of his work; I hyped my friends about how beautifully colorful and full of subtle hidden details his paintings were-then I walked in and it was all charcoals! Totally shocking to me. But I got to see the smiling spider and the eye like a strange balloon in person, and they had a powerful effect on me. Gotta say, I love his work even more now-though I think his painting of Apollo’s chariot with the green serpent slithering beneath will always be my favorite of his works.
A lot of my favourite artists were first introduced to me through art books my father owned. And a few framed pictures around the house. Childhood is the best time to discover art.
Here's something I have learned throughout my life.
Happy seeming smiling people tend to be the saddest.
Those who tend to seem the saddest or unapproachable and scorned, would surprise you with the love and passion they endure .
Artists , specifically painters aren't usually telling us a story of anything but are in fact putting these hidden realities out into the world so that they themselves can finally resolve their place in it through the hidden realities..of other people.
The art is not a guideline to philosophy or an opinion being spat at you most of the time. It's a bridge. We wait to see who will come to meet us in the center. If anybody comes to meet us ..at all.
I wonder how many of his works were simply birthed from the thought “bro this is gonna look metal af” (in more time appropriate terms of course”
Probably all of them lol. seriously sometimes these youtubers, pretentious AF yputubers make crap up
Been fascinated with him since high school. I remember having a PDF which elaborately talks about the types of charcoal and paper he uses. And I’d try to imitate that
I've been awaiting this episode about my favorite artist eagerly!
Hope it doesn't disappoint!
You may also like contemporary artist, Julia Soboleva
Mr. Dweller: Nothing you do ever disappoints.@@BlindDweller
Is that a girl oh gosh can you see my boobs
Me too.
I felt that Symbolism art movement is what art is about
Art from within an artist's soul
I couldn’t wait for this video to come out.This artist is just so inspiring.I’d also love a video about the art of Theodor Kittelsen.
Here's a suggestion for an obscure artist that might fit the channel. John Hinklenton - a British comic book artist who suffered from multiple sclerosis (he died in 2010). His final work is his masterpiece, a graphic novel called "100 Months." It is a story comprised of a series of paintings that seem to display his suffering from MS, portrayed as a demon woman who fights back against the abuse of Nature. I think you will really "get" his work.
Fights back against the abuse of Nature...absolutely breath taking. Thank You. I'm going to research him
The Apparition is probably John the Baptist, likely in homage or response to his important teacher, Gustave Moreau, who did two great paintings also called The Apparition.
Blind Dweller, if it's something you're comfortable doing, please share with us your own art and it's meanings!
We appreciate how well you've articulated your insights on this matter. You'll always have our support no matter what happens.
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He made wonderful color florals. My interest was the somewhat faceless figures in a dreamlike kind of setting. He did b and w for long time before doing color. He was outstanding at everything he tried. My favorite by a slim margin from those days. I draw and paint and never do what or how he did it but I love it. I love his contributions.
the spider paintings are often used as covers for editions of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, my edition has that painting so I always relate them to the main character of the story
oh wow that's beautiful. Thank You truly, I didn't know that
It has been a while since I truly enjoyed a video. I was drawn in and kept in until the end. Thank you! Love your content.
your background music is as enchanting as the artworks .
And the voice....creepy ❤
I have a Poe paperback with the 'The Eye,..' as the cover. A treasure.
I have the exact same Penguin paperback: "The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe".
Another gift of an insightful video,I love how you mix well known and lesser known pieces by Redon,I sense because he is an influence on you as an artist yourself,this was a really personal video for you.Redon's work is timeless because of it's enigmatic otherworldliness(Matt)P.s I have a print of "cactus man" in my studio space and it still moves me each time I look at it,I always felt Redon transcend the symbolists into his own visual style
Seriously, this is one of your best ever videos. So well done. Just incredible. Sharing this far and wide!❤️
Knowing you, you may well already be working on such a video, but have you ever considered showcasing Jung's Red Book?
Simply wonderful!! Thank you for posting this video, and awaiting for the Rendon 2.
i was scrolling through a website one day and was immediately drawn to Closed Eyes (1890) the color version and it was so timeless and beautiful that i just stared at it for several minutes. i'm ashamed to admit that i had never heard of this artist before but i spent hours scrolling through his body of work and he was certainly unique, his work really speaks to me in a way that's hard to describe. his paintings create ideas in my head that i never had before.
Very nice. I learned so much, here. Your docs are always so well researched and well-made. Thank you.
One of my top 3 video essay makers. There’s always something that’s so soothing listening to someone yap about something I know nothing about.
Excellent critique of Redon's dark visions. I once attempted to paint some of my dreams. It's difficult to capture that fleeting mood and mysterious gravity of a dream. Odilon Redon along with René Magritte were extraordinary. I was fortunate to view The Buddha in the Musée d'Orsay. It had an unexpected impact when I finally saw the actual piece and not a reproduction.
Just by the exposure and information about some at least to me unknown artists you helped me greatly in developing my own style. So thank you! Seriously! I love your work and dedication, your approach on art and the mostly neutral presentation! Big love from germany and may the light or darkness of inspiration shine upon you many many times!
Unsettling and beautiful. I appreciate this channel so much for opening my eyes to a lot of artists I had no idea about prior. Great work.
Brilliant. Thank you
Thank you for making a video on one of my top 5 artist. This means a lot!
Thank you for this one, I really like the titles of his work. Any stone carvers out there? I am and would love to see a sculptors view of the strange, dark and mysterious 🌙
Your channel is a Gem!
Chapeau bas
As always, this was the best documentary I could watch while working, it's s inspirational! Although, I do have an advice, coming from someone who is Hard Of Hearing... it'll be great to have captions original to the video, bc youtube's audio description is just awful. But since you speak slowly and clearly, it does make it easy to understand. Thank for your job, love and praises from a Brazillian fan! Also, the fact you show art at the end is just amazing, thanks to you I now know Hope's job and it's simply amazing.
Another great doc by you!
Do you post your art anywhere?
I saw the Cyclops painting in the Kröller-Muller museum near Nijmegen (NL) as a child and its impact on me was instant and lasting. Everything about it is unsettling. The eye, obviously. The weird mouth. The ears. The neck. The bewildering colour-mush of a landscape rendered unreadable by heat haze. The naked human draped at a 45º tilt over a sleeping-rock.
It gives me instant chills.
You are easily the finest curator of dark art here on RUclips. ❤ You speak so clearly and fluid i coud listen to you explain anything. Dismal art is my favorite but i could see you doing voice over work
Also wondering if you've ever considered covering the darkish art of Theodore Geisel aka Dr Suess that he never meant for the public to see?
This one has to be my favorite you have done. And a new favorite artist.
Smiling Spider was the one that meant so much to me. It was spiders like this that haunted my imagination and carried my birth family away… in a dream… which became a reality of sorts in later years.
Kindly do an in-depth assessment of the works of Franz Von Stuck............look at Sin
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Please don't stop making these videos, I absolutely click on them immediately when I see a new episode.
He will keep making them as long as there are artists worth mentioning.
@@paulwoodford1984 Thank God right??? lol.
love your focusing on past and current artists xo!
fantastic! nice artist feature too! Hopeton's mix media works are so introspective and intriguing. total vibe!
I love when I hear nature and culture used properly. I usually use it in my writing but properly applied to pieces of art I find it poignant and telling. Great video.
What a rich, inner life Redon must have had. This is what draws me to Blind Dweller. The Art shown here is a window into the artists' souls, and it only scratches the surface.
In his color work and what he describes of music, I might be going on a limb here he sounds as if he had Synetheisa, my mother and sister have it and that's exactly how they describe it too.
What an awesome, beautiful, interesting, inspiring video. 😢 i love it. Thank you.
Redon is one of my favorites! Thank you for this,
I love your videos. They are hauntingly therapeutic.
What a treat! Thanks you!
Unique and wicked cool❤
You are wonderful at describing his art
Despite being dark, I think his black works have strong introspective quietness as well as a sense of isolation. His figures are so uncanny both familiar yet strange. I love the smiling spider both eerie yet playful as if he is a being that Redon is familiar with, maybe his smile reminding Redon of his old fears. Looking at the cyclops watching the sea nymph, I think you are right about the shame felt by cyclops. Redon was so brilliant at emanation, making light shine out from dark through his use of materials and values. Also there is a kind of suffocation or lack of externality, as they are closed worlds that emanate feelings and sensations that remain very mysterious and unanswerable that sort of hold onto you by being inconclusive and enigmatic, by keeping the viewer from resolving the mystery. So then the mystery must be the point .So many unanswered questions. Loved this thank you.
Love Odilon Redon's work. Along a similar mystic path, the works of American artist Hyman Bloom is worth noting. I've had the chance of seeing a retrospective of his work in NYC in the 90s. Please, have a look on his work. I'm sure you'll love it.
Yes....... somehow this side of the psyche, this abyss remains largely unexplored. Your work on this channel is outstanding 👍💯🌌🎇
10:15 when art is shown with the subject having light coming from behind , in front and within, this denotes Divinity. I actually ( having just seen it) like this piece very much. Thank you.
great channel!
11:21 Not sure if anyone else feels this way, but the face of the figure in 'Apparition' kind of reminds me of an ornate mask from some ancient civilisation (Rome, Greece, Egypt, etc.) I'm not sure how much chance there is that inspiration was taken from there but I still think it's cool.
9:10 it is argued ( by some) that every piece of artwork is essentially a self portrait. I see this here. He has a peaceful and benevolent presence. Definitely there, yet apart.
I see this artist's influence in other works, like flowers of evil and possum
Baudelaire? I can see it too❤️
What is the first background music? It sets the tone of the video so well, I need to know!!!
Jean-Léon Gérôme was at the school of arts he went to - and Odilion studied under this master. Probably a huge influence in Odilion's life. Gérôme also studied many other cultures and was against Impressionism. He used art as exploration of beauty, archeology, cultures, morality and emotions etc. I can't find the architect Jean-Léon however, I am curious about him!
I'm so excited to watch this 😭
12:00 to me the idea that comes into view is of a mind embraced by emptiness expressed by this quote from the heart sutra "...equally empty, and with this realization he overcame all Ill-being"
My second favourite artist after Edvard Munch. These two were very unique and special. I lose myself into other worlds and escape this boring cesspit of a reality
This is so interesting! Made me think though, I would love to see a video done about the difference between symbolist art and surrealist art
That's a video idea I'm sure I can try and work on!
Thankyou so much I’m developing a story and wondered why I love Matisse after finding a book once upon a time. Thankyou for unlimiting my vision
I love Redon's poetic n mysterious paintings. I have seen many of his paintings in person and they are even better. Love all: the Noirs and the colorful pastels n paintings as well as watercolors. He was very inspired by Gustave Moreau and explored so many of the same Myths. I hope you can do one of Fernand Khnopff in the future✌🏼🦉🖤🤎💛😊🎨
A couple of friends surprised me once and took me to an exhibition of his. I was so disappointed it was comprised of his colourful pieces. I didn’t tell them that though. And, to be fair, I hadn’t realised he produced anything other than his dark work. It was an education of sorts and it was kind of them to do that, but it’s his dark work that originally caught my eye and resonated with something deep inside me.
I love Odilon Redon! He should have lived 200 years, i think, because his works were so fascinating
Would love to see a video about Alfred Kubin. Very underrated artist and I don’t see much other videos on him
Love you Dweller!
Back at you 🫶
SUPER WEIRD TIMING BECAUSE I JUST GOT A BOOK OF HIS?? Love this weird guy.
On the eye balloon piece : Ballooning was in vogue and then could be seen as defying the laws of the world. The eye, to me, is the search for knowledge despite the limitations of our frail human forms. Ones eye cannot help looking to the heavens for truth.
Thank you for this.
I like your videos and would love to see you cover Ivan Albright :D
O Yes Blind Dweller Man: Aside from the brief post from quite a while ago, there are more than a few of US who would love to hear your more detailed take on Ivan Albright and his self-termed "Maggot Realism". He's an idiosyncratic ---i.e., highly individualistic---20th century painter unfairly dissed by the syphilitically-imbedded calcified art taste establishment.
I deeply look forward to your videos🫶
You speak the truth so eloquently. 👍
One of my favorites.
I own a 25 x 25 inch full color repro of M. Redon's "The Cyclops". Along with "The Smiling Spider" and perhaps "The Eye Like a Strange Balloon, etc.", I'm guessing it stands as this artist's most recognizable piece. It adorns a prominent wall of my modest domicile/hovel, and it's proven itself time & again a source of endless delight whenever my eyes fondly alight upon it. Though it's often been described with off-handed glibness as "hideous" or "comically grotesque", Redon's Cyclops is really neither; his smile communicates the disarming gentleness and dreamy melancholy that came to represent one of the signature traits of Symbolist imagery.
And why so wistfully melancholic this Cyclops? His single orb gazes fixedly down upon a languidly nude female form lazing just below eye level on the lower right. So what is his intention, should he harbor one? Covetous? Carnal? I think neither; rather I see him pining for a love object, or maybe some elusive ideal of beauty, he can never possess---especially considering the obvious and awkward size differential. Or to frame it perhaps a bit more broadly, the artist has imbued an image of the singularly strange and mythologically fantastic with a sympathetic human yearning for the unattainable. But more amazingly still, the striking brilliance of the colorism in "The Cyclops"---deep glowing hues that spread like translucent veils or crystallize in jewel-toned clusters---belies the fact that for the initial twenty-some years of his artistic life Redon worked exclusively in black & gray, using charcoal or graphite, etching or lithography to realize values and velvety textures of exceptional depth & richness.
Could you do a video on Layla Al-Attar? You’re my favorite RUclips channel! Great work ❤
What is the music throughout the entire video and who wrote it? I love it.
37:10 I think it’s significant that he has a right eye. The eye ( of the cyclops) is a right ( as opposed to a left side of the face.) eye.
What's the music when you discussed, apparition. It sounds a bit like harold budd, could you please let me know who it is ?
I’ve been intrigued by Redon for ages. Glad to see he’s admired by others as well. If you are looking for more artists to showcase you have to look at Zdzislaw Beksinski, a Polish artist who died in 2005. His work will blow your mind.
He already has a video out of Beksinski, check it out lol
@@devonstrunk7419 OMG he does! Great minds… right?!
Cactus Man says a lot in just one drawing about the mutation of the culturally disfranchised groups of people and the results from it and surprisingly was begotten by a slave trader's son it says a lot more than the last artists you viewed works, in my opinion.
It doesn't "say" anything of the sort, you're simply projecting your own ideas onto it. What does "culturally disenfranchised" even mean?
The hour is upon us!
I've seen those eye drawings before from the anime/manga "The Flowers of Evil." I always wondered about the origin of those haunting upward-gazing eyes.
nice episode again, tip mark ryden ...
Idea: Born from & of the sea... I can see that in his work & cacti are characteristically untouchable & even poisonous. Those black empty eye sockets do imply loneliness I suppose ... haunting. *Poe* had sad, stressed eyes in his photographs
He did.
Appreciate this video. I see how this could have influenced Japanese artist like Hayo Miyazaki, Takashi Murakami and even the anime Attack on Titan.
Thanks, i’d never heard of them.
Sizes of the pieces would be nice.
24:07 moreso than any other image, this evokes The Metamorphosis to me.
Nice you took the suggestion! Actually, a lot of these are lithographs (I got cheated out of a post-mortem run edition of "The Veil", long story but I DO own an original pastel, just a little portrait of his son Ari, a favorite subject, but it's what I long ago told myself would mean I'd made it! I know a lot of his work upside-down and backwards, lol l! I have like 4 books on him. Have a Tarot deck that someone did with his noirs, thinking about my own ideas for something! Oh and yeah, Cactus Man is a black slave
Apparition looks like the face of the Troll from the movie Troll.
Can you do a video about Julio Ruelas? He's a really talented mexican artists with very interesting pieces
what is the font you used for the subtitles
The goal of redon's dark works here acknowledge's his arc towards the morbid and the mystery inherent within it, and should be read as nothing further. He was obviously an unsettled soul!
Please do hyman bloom. Who’s with me guys 😀
Some of his work reminds me of the works of William Blake.
Could you do Peter Ondreička?
There's an artist a few decades after this guy named Pavel Tchelichew who makes this guy seem like just another illustrator. Pavel's "hide and seek" consumes the sanity of the viewer like a birdbox entity
His work was used by Howard Devoto's band Magazine and by Smashing Pumpkins
finally good foood. for now our eyes eat