Category: Halloween Special

Isabelle Albuquerque’s work is carnal, ritualistic, one part transhumanism, another part teratophilia

In the dark dark corners of a dark dark house, up in the rafters of cob-webbed abandoned buildings, on the creaky stairs of a haunted mansion, in the shadows cast by a heavy wood door rusting on its hinges, live Shelley Uckotter’s paintings.

Children and adult abductees often reported a sensation of being both human and alien at the same time, a condition called “Dual Reference.”

Julien Ceccaldi brings haunting new connotations to the popular idiom “I’m DEAD.”

Don’t try to hide. Don’t answer your phone…

Halloween Confession speaks to the comic nightmare that has escaped from the shadows of our dreams and devoured our waking lives.

Is that a monster under my bed, or is it me? Olga Abeleva’s characters, while verging on fantasy, are relatable. They occupy quotidian planes in moments that seem to exist in the psychic space that prefaces a disaster—flames licking the edges of a curtain; a scorned lover chain smoking woefully outside, plotting revenge; a cockroach scuttling toward an unassuming hand; a knife dancing between flesh. Almost as if each painting is a window into the same world, these characters coexist, unaware of the inevitable tragedy doomed to befall them. Sounds pretty scary, right? What’s scarier is thinking about all the ways in which you, dear reader, are unaware of the doom that’s waiting for you—just around the corner! – Rebecca Storm

In the week leading up to October 31st, we will be sharing the bone-chilling work of some of our favourite freaky artists, alongside a hair-raisingly festive little interview! What if you burned everything you feared down to the ground? A smouldering heap of ghosts. Is dominating…