At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. What better represents our contradictory relationship to the abject than unidentifiable, viscous fluid? Last night I saw The Witch, the masterpiece of Robert Eggers, and I knew exactly how I was going to finish this work . Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. If you've heard the name, and aren't a devilry aficionado, you may recognize le Poittevin from his far more SFW landscapes and maritime-themed work.

Maybe we’re holding a mirror up to our flaws, to our darkest thoughts, to the tightrope we balance on between breaking the rules and living by them.Also to be found here are images of death and corporeal dissolution, ranging from The Death Penalty to The Dancing Corpse; images of prostitution and addiction, such as The Absinthe Drinker and Human Trash; and numerous examples of Rops' book illustrations, reproduced in editions of decadence and diabolism that include Paul Verlaine, Joséphin Péladan, and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly's Les Diaboliques. Although his images are jammed with religious and occult references, he's more interested in the feelings they conjure than in any overt idea or message. She and COUM continued to receive Arts Council funding, even though Cosey’s work included controversial performances, such as one on a wooden swing, which had a heart shape cut out of it.

From the dawn of time — perhaps literally — people have been fascinated with villains, sinners and the inherent sexiness of the dangerous. His airbrush works became too associated with the Alien movies and even though they gained a “cult” status, their real meaning and beauty was diluted in the process. I don’t care for reality or the probability that something is true, only for its potential to stimulate my thought. Porn is clearly an influence, but López says he also draws on imagery from Renaissance engravings, comic books, tarot cards, artists like Hieronymus Bosch and Francisco Goya, and "the Internet universe" as inspirational material. German artist Michael Hutter‘s fantasy-based paintings are distinctly reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch.He wanted to be seen and recognized as a late surrealist but was suddenly categorized as the Alien sci-fi guy. The drawing implies that the woman is in thrall to the devil, while the man is in thrall to the woman.