Subversive Beauty

by Luis Royo

This book by Luis Royo may be his best yet, focusing on exotic fantasy body art and body piercing as only Royo can create

Genres: Art, Fantasy, Comics, Erotica

80 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist, best known for his fantasy illustrations published in numerous art books, magazines, and various other media including book and music CD covers, video games and Tarot cards.

Beginning his career as a furniture designer, he was attracted to the comics industry in the late 1970s, and nine years later turned to art as a full time career. Within a few years, he was publishing art in many magazines as well as providing cover illustrations for a number of publishers.

Reviews

[Francesca · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Cuando se habla de la belleza en esta sociedad siempre aparece el concepto de tema liviano y poco profundo, cuando en realidad la belleza es provocadora, es el arma de esplendor del hombre, ya sea buscada con un carácter realista o bien con uno más abstracto."

[Antonio Meridda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro dedicato come sempre alla bellezza femminile, con meravigliose illustrazioni a colori, del maestro Royo.

[Morcys · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could give it a 6 star rating I would; this man's art deserves that and more.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gorgeous artbook showcasing some of Luis Royo's most beautiful artwork out there.

[Phillip Goodman]

A couple holds each other lightly, but protectively, they gaze out at you, with some small amount of anger in your eyes, as if by looking at them you are invading the privacy of this small intimate moment they are sharing within the chaos and wreckage and destruction, oh and one of them is a monster, but which one, surely everything is relative?..... this is the true subversiveness of this and much of luis royo's work, it's not about the beauty, it's about the relationship between what we perceive as beautiful and what we perceive as being grotesque, and the physical, intimate, sometimes really quite explicit relationship between those characters that personify the beauty and the grotesque, the other element of subversiveness is that of the relationship between eroticism and pornography, and the perhaps false, or not false, dichotomy between pornography and art.

[Nedam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Female, white, skinny, young. Big breasts, full lips, light eyes, pale skin, unblemished, nude, suggestive,...
These are the mainstream, usual, safe, overused, trite, cliche standards of beauty. Any antonym that you can think of of the word "subversive" fits portrayal of "beauty" in this book.

Oh, and they have some mild tattoos and piercings. And sometimes hold a sword. Down with the government! No? You're used to seeing these too? Yeah, me too.

[DRP · Rating 5 out of 5]

gorgeous