David Lynch - Artist

When it comes to directors there aren’t many who match David Lynch for originality.

Some think of him as a god-like genius. Others think he’s completely mental.

Some of his work is deeply disturbing (Eraserhead and Blue Velvet) while others are gentle, touching portraits of human relationships (The Straight Story and The Elephant Man).

It is this constant reinvention and mass of contradictions that have made him famous.

However, what he’s less famous for is his art. Which doesn’t so much lean towards the darkside as run head long into it through barbed wire, over rusty nails taking you into hell.

His exhibitions are made even more disturbing by the constant industrial grinding sound that accompanies you on the dark journey through Lynch’s consciousness.

I won’t even begin to try and work out what’s going on in his head in these pieces. And looking at them, I’m not sure I want to know…