Beksinski - Complete: Vol. 1-4

by Zdzisław Beksiński (Artist), Wieslaw Ochma, Andrzej Seweryn

Beksiński: Complete - Volumes 1-4
Robin Gill (trans.) | Andrzej Seweryn (text) | Wieslaw Ochman (text) | Władysław Pluta (graphic design) | Teresa Bałuk-Ulewiczowa (trans.) | Thomas Gryglewicz (text) | Wiesław Banach (text)

'Beksiński' - A unique, very deluxe set of four over-sized, hardcover albums in an elegant slipcase edition; the most comprehensive collection of Z. Beksiński's artistic oeuvre to date. The first two albums were released during the artist's lifetime, and were produced in cooperation with the Master himself. The collection contains the vast majority of works by Z. Beksiński in the field of painting, drawing and computer graphics, with over 560 reproductions from both private collections & the archives of the Beksiński Historical Museum in the artist's hometown of Sanok, Poland.

Format: 4 Hardcover Albums - 280 × 310 × 80 mm
ISBN-13: 978-83-7576-344-7
576 pages; Bilingual English/Polish Edition

Genres: Art

576 pages, Hardcover 4-Volume Slipcase Set

Published December 31, 2016

About the author

Beksinski was a renowned Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor who is best known as a fantasy artist. He executed his paintings and drawings either in what he called a 'Baroque' or a 'Gothic' manner. The first style is dominated by representation, with the best-known examples coming from his 'fantastic realism' period when he painted disturbing images of a surrealistic, nightmarish environment. The second style is more abstract, being dominated by form, and is typified by his later paintings. He was murdered in 2005.

Reviews

[XenofoneX · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[asley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just received this set and I've only flipped through the books. The art itself is fantastic but a lot of the images of the artpieces that were printed in the book seem to be "blown up", are blurry or suffer from obvious compression artifacts which makes it hard to appreciate the artworks fully.
Some are more obviously compressed than others.

[Bart · Rating 4 out of 5]

5/5 for the art itself and 2,5/5 for this edition (some paintings have low resolutions and the small size is just acceptable). Still worth it though.

[Teken Ted · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite set of books.