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           THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION
               PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS/AUTOMATICS/SCULPTURES/MIXED MEDIA

                       *The writeup below was done in 2009 when the aquisition took place........

                        NOTE: ARTWORKS & IMAGES are COPYRIGHT of GENEVIVE ZACCONI.
                        ARTWORK and IMAGE is Protected by International Copyright Law!!!!!!!!

Below is an artwork by the anarchist artist FERNANDO CARPANEDA, from New York City and this is called, "ELIZABETH TAYLOR TRANSFIGURATION", its a clay sculpture done back in 2011. Fernando plans to exhibit this piece publically in various galleries as part of The Keith Wigdor Collection! See the piece below.......................

Below you will see my MOST PRIZED and TREASURED of All Paintings from my personal art collection, and this artwork is a MASTERPIECE OF VISIONARY ART, by the most highly celebrated and respected of all the Contemporary Visionary Artists, and that is The Master, OLEG KOROLEV  who is from, UKRAINE, RUSSIA. I have known Oleg for almost 12 years now and counting! I first came across his great visionary art back in 1998 on NOW SURREAL UK, where I had eventually become the online gallery manager for Ian, I had seen Oleg's art and KNEW that this was THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL MODERN RUSSIAN ARTISTS TODAY!!!!!!! I will explain why: in my personal analysis of his Visionary Art, I believe in the established premise of the mission of Oleg and that is that the "DIVINE (as predetermined in the Hegelian ANTITHESIS) ELEMENT" Passes as a Concious Spirit, thus the human artist is the medium through which the Divine communicates, and that is what I SEE in the Art of Oleg Korolev. Also, Oleg's art is in the most prestigeous and private collections all over the world, especially that of one of the highest powerful politicians in Russia, as well!!! I am ecstatic to own this MASTERPIECE of VISIONARY ART, that Oleg has created which was influenced by Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky's work, "How the Steel was Tempered". Oleg Korolev IS THE BEST RUSSIAN VISIONARY ARTIST OF ALL TIME!!! That I will defend with my honor and my loyalty and LIFE!!!! LADIES and GENTLEMEN: OLEG KOROLEV!!!!!!

                       NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by OLEG KOROLEV.
                       ART and ART IMAGE Protected by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW!!!

Below is one of my MOST CHERISHED of RARE PAINTINGS, and its by one of the most highly respected modern artists working today, and its none other than The Master, CHET ZAR! This painting is from Chet's last exhibition at LAST RITES GALLERY in New York City, owned & operated by The Master, PAUL BOOTH. The Art of Chet Zar is a phenomenon unto itself, with one of the largest fan bases in the arts, Chet Zar literally has thousands of fans from all over the world and from across the widest ranges of the art spectrum, from Dark Art to Surrealism to the Fantastic, Chet Zar is worshipped and respected by many! Not only is Chet established in the Fine Arts, but he is also in great demand in Hollywood and Cinema as well, working as a makeup and special effects artist on such films as The Ring and also Hellboy 2 for Guillmero del Toro, (as well as countless other films) Chet is praised by the likes of Clive Barker and Tool as well. Also, for those who do not know, Chet Zar was also our Featured Artist in MASTERS IN ART series here on Surrealism Now! (Interviewed by Lana Gentry) and to gain more insight into this MASTER ARTIST, please click on the image below to go straight to the MASTERS IN ART page to see his feature!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE IS COPYRIGHT OWNED by CHET ZAR. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!

Below is the most recent art acquisition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and this is a new oil painting, "OPEN WIDE" by JON BEINART. The artist Jon Beinart, is the Founder of BEINART SURREAL ART COLLECTIVE from Australia. Jon is the most prominent figure in online art exhibition and he is also very successful in his own publication company of rare art books from BEINART PUBLISHING. Every Art Master from Surrealism, Fantastic Realism, Visionary Art and other art genres and movements has been published by BEINART. The art of Jon Beinart has evolved through the years into a most unique application of technique and also of values. Jon's explorations into the internal and external worlds, along with his wide ranging urge to explore unknown territories, and to be able to intercept messages from all visual data, Jon Beinart has created a most astounding inner spectrum, and that is his ability to be willing to FURTHER EXPLORE the regions of Madness and Beauty in the arena of the Figurative Arts that he has opened up to all of us with his ART!!!!!!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by JON BEINART. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!!

Below is one of my most recent art aquisitions, one that I am extremely proud of owning in my personal art collection, its an artwork by an artist from Richmond, Virginia, USA, DONNIE GREEN, who I consider to be the best kept secret (no more) in the Underground and Dark Art Movement here in the USA. Donnie Green's work is SO RADICAL and INTENSE, it possesses the Revolutionary Rage and Fire that I expect from an artist of the caliber of Green, who is the BEST of the BEST! This artwork from 2008, "PAIN IN THE HOUSE OF 1000 PLEASURES" opens up a new vista of determinate rage and attack at the very essence of the symptom of estrangement, exploitation, alienation, debasement, dehumanization and genocide of Calculated Political Economy on the Dynamic Global Scale. Donnie Green captures it with such perfection in his use of these intense art visuals which penetrate into our very being when looking at them. A True Master of Underground Anarchist Revolutionary Art, I expect to see more future works of Donnie Green that illuminate the very essence of such  diametrically opposed forces that come into confrontation with each other within his Dark Surreal Masterpieces. The Rage is EVIDENT! Ladies and Gentlemen, The Dark Surrealist Art of DONNIE GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                       NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by DONNIE GREEN.
                       ARTWORK and IMAGE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT!!!

Below is a Rare Painting by one of my favorite contemporary artists and he is BUDDY NESTOR, who I consider to be one of the most radical and revolutionary of artists willing to experiment and push the envelope. The Art of Buddy Nestor has been categorized as "grotesque" art, which can be recognized as a subgenre of Dark Art and Dark Surrealism, but with Buddy's work, its more of an "investigation" into the arena of discerning beauty, according to the terms and parameters set forth by Buddy. He strives for an antagonistic form of dissolving humans with a demand that is put forward onto us (the viewers) to characterize the human as an artificial and dissoluble semblance of extreme disintegration that holds its own credibility as FINE ART of the Highest Degree. This is the reason why I myself, champion the drive of Buddy Nestor to radicalize the very essence (and to question) what is beauty, and for that desire,
I do praise him as one of the most original artists working today!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by BUDDY NESTOR. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!!

Below is an artwork by one of the most talked about and brutally intense artists EVER to come out of the LA UNDERGROUND DARK ART SCENE and that is The Master, CRYSTAL BARBRE! The Art of Crystal Barbre is of an extremely proactive nature, her successful formula is producing The Synthesis (as well as) The Morphing of States of Human and Animal to an immediate level of Intense Examination and Consciousness!!!!!!!!! Crystal Barbre's unique artistic and intellectual desire (as expressed in her paintings) raises the level and boundaries of Synthesis of human and animal to the Whole UNITY of human and animal, where the true medium of reality is elevated to a state of consciousness that the artist and her audience becomes one with, upon examing her work!!!!! This is a very hard and difficult task to accomplish, yet Crystal Barbre does it with such grace, its inevitable not to become drawn into her Sphere of Art!!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!! THE ART OF CRYSTAL BARBRE!!!

                      NOTE: ARTWORK & IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by CRYSTAL BARBRE. 

                      ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW

Below is the latest addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and its a new painting by one of The Founders of Modern Visionary Art, and that is my dear friend, PHILIP RUBINOV JACOBSON. The name of this masterpiece is called, "THE WATCHTOWER" and its from Phil's recent Gem & Mineral Muse Series of Visionary Art paintings from 2009. First, let me tell you all that not only is this painting a Masterpiece of Visionary Art, its also one of my most treasured of all paintings. Philip Rubinov Jacobson studied and mentored directly under Ernst Fuchs, and he was also a founding artist member in The Visionary Art Group of the 1970s with DeEs (and my dear friend, Olga Spiegel), and his art is also praised by Alex Grey, Roberto Venosa, and Ernst Fuchs, and his legions of followers and students! Philip's art is also in the collection of Rardy van Soest, and among both public and private collections throughout the world!!!!!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Art of Philip Rubinov Jacobson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                         NOTE: ARTWORK & IMAGE COPYRIGHT OF PHILIP RUBINOV JACOBSON
                          ARTWORK & ART IMAGE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT!

Below is the most recent art acqusition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and that is a brand new painting by the artist, BLACK MASS. The name of the piece is called, "CORPORATE CHRISTIAN / HELLO JESUS" and its the newest artwork by BLACK MASS from his most recent art show at The Hyaena Gallery in LA, "BLASPHEMY IN TECHNICOLOR". The artist, BLACK MASS has been active in the arts for more than two decades.
He began his career more than 20 years ago working as a Legendary Tattoo Artist and Master and then progressing into the Fine Arts. The artist, Black Mass has established a cult following of fans and fellow artists (myself included) who praise his work as the Highest Degree of Radical Fine Art. The Art of Black Mass elevates the status of painting to a degree of a ritualized instinctive manner that is more than a wellguarded secret, but to a higher level of possession, to be more precise. Prominent in his ability to highlight the Paternalistic State of Christian Corporate Domination as the gross spectacle that it really is, the art of Black Mass is more than a satirical attack, but a wonderful constellation of art that is certainly Revolutionary and Radical, more so than the art of Lowbrow and Pop Surrealism combined. His vibrant paintings attract an edge to them that is direct in its savage indictment of Christianity and to say that its symbolic of Dark Art is a mere abstraction of the truth, for the real essence within the Art of Black Mass is that of a Sacred Beast awakening in us the desire to annihilate all Christian obstacles!!!!!!!!!! Let me warn you, the Art of Black Mass is NOT "Cute" or "Dark", its a spell that is cast upon the whole mass of humanity, to awaken our real inner state of being, and in that, I praise this artist as more than just a mere painter, he is the essence of a lasting penetration into our very soul!!!!!!!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, The Art of Black Mass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by BLACK MASS. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!

Below are two new art sculptures and mixed media pieces by one of my favorite underground dark artists, MICHAEL SEAS. I have been following his work from his exhibition at The Hyaena Gallery in LA, where I collect many new dark art masterpieces. These two artworks below behold such an optimal "inner resonance" of mystery that completely bewilders and intrigues me and the same time. The art that is created by Michael Seas is not an open attempt at the principle of formal imitation, but a powerful capacity of a new "occurance" that is preserved in his dark art object sculpture and mixed media. It does certify Seas as the guardian of an eternal secret that mankind must know to draw attention to an authentic communication from a new and higher power of vision. This new dark artist produces elements of concrete content that completely shatters the boundaries of the logical real world while leading us to a doorway to another higher dimension! A true medium to the farthest boundaries!!!!

                       Below is another Masterpiece by the artist, MICHAEL SEAS, see below:

NOTE: ARTWORK & IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by MICHAEL SEAS. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT!!! DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!!!

Below is one of my most rarest of artworks, its a mixed media artwork done in colored markers, and its by the one & only, CHARLES MANSON! This piece is an ORIGINAL & AUTHENTIC ARTWORK done by one of the most historic figures of the late 20th Century Crime and Counterculture! I would personally like to thank Bill from the Hyaena Gallery for this one!

Below is the latest art aquisition to The Keith Wigdor Collection of rare artworks, and this is by HAROLD FOX, called, "THE PLANET MONGO" from the year 1997. According to the press release from The Hyaena Gallery in LA, its been almost four decades counting, since the great Harold Fox has exhibited. This artist is GENIUS and almost every single artwork from his solo show at Hyaena SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by HAROLD FOX. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!

Below is the latest art acquisition for The Keith Wigdor Collection and this is a Masterpiece of Art by JEREMY CROSS, one of the very first artists to exhibit at The Hyaena Gallery in California. The Art of Jeremy Cross has received praise and accolades from his peers in The Dark Art Movement and he has established himself as a complete original in the art scene. Jeremy Cross has successfully synthesized three art genres: Outsider, Folk Art, and Pop Surrealism, with a Strong and Radical edge towards an extraordinary Dark Surrealism that stands out as SACRED! His various motifs of Religion, Robots & Technology and Symbolism presents to us such a strong comprehensible image of this very dark and vulgar modern world, which Jeremy reflects back on to us, a new insight into Dark Modern Art, that its inevitable not to be taken with his venturesome nature, a dark one, and a powerful one!!!!!!! Jeremy uses "PYROGRAPHY" in his art, where he literally burns images into his wood canvas, and creates such a new visual splendor, that is narcotic and inspiring at the same time. The Modern World of today is really an ugly dystopian world, yet through Jeremy Cross's Art, we are emboldened with a sense of an urgent need to strike back hard with a vengeance to declare our own individuality and our freedom from the shackles of The Machine of Religion, Robots and Technology, basically the world that we live in today! Jeremy Cross is definitely one to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                            NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by JEREMY CROSS.
                            ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW

Below is the latest addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and this one painting I am very excited about, because it was painted by a rising star in The Dark Art Movement and he is, ADAM BLOOM, from the UK! I am very happy over this aquisition, due to the fact that Adam strives for a direction within his dark art that is very personal and unique to him only. Also, consider that while at the same time he is negotiating a brand new territory of art experimentation within his work that combines all of the Dark, Surreal, and Horror motifs with the elements of an abstraction that is powerful for a new and dark modern art! We are all the creatures in Adam's subconscious that become morphed into concentric zones of experimentation and nightmares that Adam Bloom so successfully has defined! Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, The Art of Adam Bloom!!!!!!

                            NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by ADAM BLOOM.
                            ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW

Below is the latest addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and this is a new painting by The Master Dark Artist, CLINT CARNEY. This piece was painted in 2010 and when I first saw it, I knew I had to have it! I think its a MASTERPIECE of DARK ART and one of the best artworks to come out of The Dark Art Movement in a long time. Clint Carney is not only one of my favorite artists, besides being a painter, he is also an illustrator and tattoo artist (amazing!) and a musician too! He is really one of the best artists on the scene and definitely one to watch!!! CLINT CARNEY!!!!!!!!

                        NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by CLINT CARNEY.
                        ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW.

Below is the most recent art addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and this is a painting by the most highly praised artist new to The Dark Arts, BRIAN SMITH, who just recently had a successful solo art exhibit at one of my all time favorite galleries, THE HYAENA GALLERY in LA. Brian's art was so well received by fellow artists and the public, by preshow, he had already sold almost half of his work. Brian Smith is heavily influenced by Giger and Beksinski, and his art is also considered to be a morphed mix between Chet Zar and Alex Grey (also with a heavy dose of sci-fi and surrealism added to the mix). I had contacted Brian on Facebook and I told him that there was also a heavy Richard Powers influence in his art, which Brian was thrilled to find out!  I am so happy to now have two of Brian's artworks from his last solo show. I highly advise art collectors to keep Brian Smith on their collecting radar, he is really taking off, BIG!

                      Below is another painting by BRIAN SMITH from his last solo art exhibit:

                          NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE OWNED and COPYRIGHT of BRIAN SMITH.
                          ARTWORK IMAGE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW!!!

Below is the most recent art addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and that is a rare ink and pencil artwork by LANA GENTRY, who is an artist from Richmond, Virginia. Lana Gentry has a long history in the arts and she also writes and does interviews for BEINART, SURREALISM NOW! and various art publications. Lana's art is a combination of Radical DIY Folk Art morphed with Outsider and Pop Surrealism combined, a very unique and intense artist! I recently showed some of Lana Gentry's art to a prominent art agent, who called Lana's art, "clever" with a sense of Folk Art and Dark Surreal Art mixed together. I consider Lana Gentry to be one of the most original artists working today, whose work shakes the very core foundation of female human experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, The Art of LANA GENTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by LANA GENTRY. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!!!

Below is the latest artwork addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and it is a painting by the Artist, GIZEM BACAZ, who is The Founder & Director of THE SEED GALLERY in Newark, New Jersey. Gizem is an artist whose background in the visual arts involved gallery management & mentoring with ALEX GREY. An extraoridinary Visionary Artist, Gizem also takes on the reconciliation of the universal through the balancing of the visionary and abstract to and endless progression of re-emergence. Once I saw this particular "LIVE" Painting of Gizem's, I had to add it to my collection!A truly unique modern artist in every sense of the word, GIZEM BACAZ!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by GIZEM BACAZ. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!

Below is an Rare Collage Artwork by CHRIS TIANTO, who I had recently became friends with on Facebook. Chris Tianto's Collage & Mixed Media Art is one of a kind. His artwork covers the spectrum of Surrealism to Dark Art to Radical Underground and Anarchist Art, and his rare ability to express his genuine revolutionary rage borders on a comprehensible form of madness that stimulates an "eclipse" of Revelation, to be more precise. However, Chris is VERY DIRECT with his Message, where it is certainly obvious that the Irrational that Chris Tianto proposes is within the same parameters of the dictum of Hegel, yet evolved to the level of interpenetration of opposites, as indicated in the Collage components in Chris's art. I do highly recommend Chris Tianto, I think he is GENIUS!!!!!!

NOTE: ARTWORK & ART IMAGE COPYRIGHT OWNED by CHRIS TIANTO. ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED by INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW, DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!!!

Below is the latest art addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and that is "MATRICIDE" by LARKIN (mixed media on board 15.5 x 18in). This rare artwork appeared in the magazine, SEATTLE SINNER, and was also used by the Heavy Metal Band 12 o'clock High from Alaska.

                        **NOTE: ARTWORK and ART IMAGE is COPYRIGHT OWNED by LARKIN.
                         ARTWORK IMAGE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW!

Below is the most recent art aquisition for The Keith Wigdor Collection and its by the most INTENSE and ORIGINAL Female Artist working today and that is none other than the Goddess of Gore, SUZZAN BLAC!!!!!!!!!!!
The Art of Suzzan Blac is the most brutal and terrifying of all the modern Dark Surreal Artists. Her many fans across the world, online and in both the real world, praise her work as the best dark art today. Her large fan base consists of artists, feminists, heavy metal musicians, filmmakers, and surrealists, and her work has also received critical praise in the art scene in London where she recently had a successful solo show last year. Suzzan's art is totally uncompromising and unapologetic and that is what I love most about her and her art!!! As  I write this, many within the art world are already talking a lot about Suzzan, especially after her most recent art showing in the "GIRLS and CORPSES" exhibit at LA's Hyaena Gallery, where the best of the best Dark Artists exhibit. Suzzan's art is already the buzz within the art circles and there is a lot more that is to come from her in the future. I know great artists when I see them and this artist is not only the most Controversial & Radical but also GENIUS!

                         NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE is COPYRIGHT OWNED by SUZZAN BLAC.
                         ARTWORK IMAGE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW!!!

Below is a painting from Last Rites Gallery's 2009, "FLESH to CANVAS" art show and this is called, "BIG BROTHER" by TOXYC, acrylic on board. The artist Toxyc is one of the most highly admired and respected Tattoo artists in the world. He has been working in France since the year 2000, after many years of mastering drawing, and is now currently working at Paul Booth's Last Rites Tattoo Theatre, where clients line up to get work done on them by this Master Tattoo Artist. Besides being an artist who works in the field of Tattoo Art, Toxyc is also a Fine Artist who produces some of the most intense masterpieces of Dark Art paintings that I have ever seen, as with this particular artwork that is now in my art collection. Highly regarded by both the Master Artists, Paul Booth and Filip Leu, as well as his peers in the Tattoo and Fine Arts, Toxyc is one of the most unique and original dark artists that I've come across in my collecting!

*NOTE: THIS ARTWORK and IMAGE is OWNED and COPYRIGHTED by TOXYC, and is protected by International Copyright Law. All rights copyright: TOXYC. Do Not Use Without Permission!!!!!!

Below is an artwork from one of the most talked about and praised dark artists working today, TATOMIR. The Dark Art of Tatomir is on exhibit at one of my all-time favorite galleries, THE HYAENA GALLERY, in LA. They also exhibit, Dan Harding, who is also a good friend of Tatomir's, and the both of them are now part of my huge art collection. I first saw this piece on Tatomir's Facebook page, and also at Hyaena's page too, and I saw this exhibited as a tribute to HR GIGER and DALI and when I looked at it, I became possessed with the Power of this Artwork! Its really a dark and intense piece of art, that I just had to add it to my art collection! ENJOY!

                      and below here is another gem from Tatomir from my Rare Art Collection

                         Below is yet another artwork by TATOMIR from my Rare Art Collection...

*NOTE: ARTWORK and IMAGE is COPYRIGHT OWNED and PROTECTED by TATOMIR! Artwork Image is protected by International Copyright Law! DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!

Below you will see two images of the same artwork, the bottom one is in a special handmade frame by this MASTER ARTIST! I was very fortunate back in 2006 when I was contacted by this new and intense artist who is, LARKIN from Seattle. Larkin was one of the first surrealist artists to join SURREALISM NOW! back when the site was starting after The Hammond Gallery went offline in 2006. Since then, I have been exhibiting this super intense and original dark surreal artist. I have never seen such a new and unique artist construct such a strict hegemony of nature within his art, while at the same time routing his surrealist invocations towards the subconscious. Larkin's quest is humanity's quest, to re-define, and re-examine our primal and animal nature with those of other species that we share this planet with and Larkin succeeds with such wonder!!!!!!!!

Below is a Masterpiece of Modern Art, its a Surrealist Automatic Painting by MITCHELL POOR, who is a Primitive Surrealist from Montana, USA. He is probably my favorite of all original hardcore surrealists, in the ongoing traditional sense, and his art originates from the purely mental world as it transcends from the peripheral elements of human structure towards a most unique natural abstraction, thus, substantiating Mitchell's artistic premise of "Primitive Surrealism". This "natural" and "primitive" art of Mitchell's is organic, yet very mysterious, his painting technique remains completely constant with the harmony between man's inner world and his direct contact with nature. The agency through which Mitchell Poor is driven towards, is a profound sense of function, liberation (and location) of a strong surrealist passion that I have not seen in many years!!!!!!!!

                       NOTE: ARTWORK & IMAGE is COPYRIGHT OWNED by MITCHELL POOR.
                      ARTWORK & IMAGE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW

Below is a painting, "THE BRIDE OF THE FOREST" by MICK WHITE, who is a surrealist that is influenced by Max Ernst and many other surrealist comrades from the past and present! A gem of a painting and one of the most unique and original surrealist artworks in my collection!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND MICK WHITE TO ALL SURREALISTS and EVERYONE THAT IS A FAN AND FOLLOWER OF SURREALISM NOW! BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        Below is another Surrealist Automatic Painting by Mick White from 1999:

Below is an extremely rare and near impossible to find artwork, because its the only artwork of its kind, its a colored pen and ink drawing created by one of the key pivotal figures in the First Wave of Punk Rock and it is the Legendary, JAYNE COUNTY, founder of THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS!!!!!!! The Legacy of Jayne County even predates the first wave of punk rock, when Jayne was actively involved in the formation of glam rock and also having a huge influence on David Bowie (see 1974 Diamond Dogs tour). Already having created such a large volume of work and recordings in music (from early 1970s glam rock to punk rock), theater & film (see 'Jubilee'),  Jayne County is also a very active artist as well. This particular artwork is one of a kind, its called, "THE SOUL OF GLAM" and its one of my most rarest of artworks, because this is the original artwork by Jayne County!

Note: Artwork and Image is Copyright Owned and Protected by both JAYNE COUNTY and KYMARA ARTISTIC MANAGEMENT!!!!!!!!!! 2009

Below is an extremely rare oil on canvas artwork that I just unearthed. Its by the Surrealist, Fantastic Realism & Visionary Artist, HIKARU! This oil on canvas was painted by Hikaru back in early 2007 and was also sent to me handsigned and personalized, "TO MY FRIEND, KEITH WIGDOR: HIKARU '07". I just unearthed this masterpiece and now uploaded this to the online gallery collection for you all to see. You will soon be seeing more and more uploads to THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION!!!!!!!!!!!

Below is the latest addition to The Keith Wigdor Collection, and its an oil on canvas painting by the Surrealist, SANTIAGO RIBEIRO done in Sept. of 2009. Santiago is a brilliant and extemely talented surrealist oil painter and is very active in The International Surrealist Movement. I am just so thrilled to have one of his oil on canvas paintings in my art collection!!!!

Below is one of the latest paintings that I purchased for my ever growing rare art collection and this is from THE HYAENA GALLERY in Burbank, California. The name of this artwork is called, "BONES" and its by one of my favorite dark artists, DAN HARDING! After being steered over by my artist friend Marque T. Strickland to view this incredibly brilliant new dark artist, I was just floored after looking at the fine detail in this artwork, as well as the other pieces that Dan Harding has painted. Dan is so talented at mastering detail, his technique would make many of my artist friends who paint like The Old Masters jealous! Dan is REALLY SKILLED at his painting technique, as well as his perfect use of balance, tone, detail, etc, etc, etc. Plus, the fact that Dan Harding's art SELLS QUICKLY, I had to buy this piece fast, before another collector getting it, I HAD TO GET IT AND ADD IT TO MY ART COLLECTION!!! DAN HARDING IS GENIUS!!!!

                           Below is another gem of a painting by Dark Art Master, DAN HARDING

Below you are going to see the latest painting that I purchased to add to The Keith Wigdor Collection! First, let me give you some information on this Masterpiece, the Artist and the Gallery from where I had purchased it from in NYC! This Masterpiece is called, "CROWN OF THORNS" and its by MATTHEW BONE, who I consider to be the BEST oil on canvas artist and painter working today. His ability to capture DETAIL is so stunning and on target, you would swear from first looking at this painting, that it was a photograph! ITS A PAINTING!!! It is also a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Below you will see one of the latest artwork additions to THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION, and its by one of my most favorite modern artists working today, CHRISTOPHER CONTE. This dark surreal masterpiece below is called, "COGNITION" & its a LIMITED EDITION METAL PLATE, signed by Conte, #20 of 66, & its VERY RARE! Christopher only created 66 plates of this Masterpiece of his, and thats all that exists! I own number 20 and its an artwork that is very rare of his and I strongly recommend to other collectors to add this to their collections as well. Its a very RARE piece and a Wise Art Investment! Christopher Conte is one of the most important modern artists working today and its a real thrill to own one of his masterpieces in my rare art collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See the masterpiece below:

Below is one of my most treasured artworks from my art collection, and it was done by The MASTER HR GIGER and I had purchased this piece directly from The HR GIGER MUSEUM for my collection because I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I literally have hundreds of drawings from artists all over the world, but I have to say that this one is my favorite of all!!!!!!!!!!! Though I do cherish everything that I have, this one just stands out the most! GIGER is GENIUS!!! I have been a disciple of his work since 1973's "Brain Salad Surgery" cover for ELP! Plus,
I saw ALIEN in 1979 at a sneak preview which I am still reeling from the movie experience! Below is an etching of the ALIEN drawing by HR GIGER (signed):

Below is an artwork (a rare drawing) by one of my favorite contemporary surrealists, HECTOR PINEDA, whose Surrealism is the open doorway to a new universal fissure in the interior landscape of the human mind! The Immediate Proposition contained within Hector Pineda's Surrealism is The New Eroticism of Essence and Subjective Chance that remains so exclusive and independent of the strict deterministic urge to realize, yet continues to advance the Revolutionary Aspects of the Fantastic Reality separated from the Inner-Surreality becoming externalized so magnificently! Hector's surrealist art gives immediate prominence to analyzing the antithesis preserved in the reconciliation of his motifs and themes that destroy all forms of imitative painting! A Surrealist Revolutionary on all Levels! Ladies and Gentlemen, HECTOR PINEDA!

Below is another extremely rare artwork from GREGG SIMPSON and this gem is a painting, an acrylic on board, done in 1979, which is over 30 years ago. This piece is called, "LANDSCAPE GENIES" and it was done during Gregg's creative art output during his involvement in the historic Phases Movement taking place during the 1970s and 1980s. Very Rare!

Below is an Oil on Paper Painting from  THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION and it was done by French Surrealist, PATRICK DELORME. This piece was painted by Patrick in 2007 in a state of Pure Automatism and it is the perfect Surrealist Experiment in Painting, which I really LOVE! A VERY RARE PAINTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Below you are going to see four original Automatic Ink Drawings done by my dear friend, BILL AYTON. Since 1998, I have known Bill Ayton from exhibiting with him and David Magitis (and 100's other artists) online at the old website, NowSurreal  UK and The Hammond Gallery (where I was also exhibiting and working as Gallery Manager for Ian Eade). Bill Ayton is an artist of the highest caliber of fine art, he has also internationally exhibited and his art is in private collections of art collectors of the elite! Bill is also very well known in the New York City Art World, and for me to know him and also to have some of his rare Automatic Ink Drawings, especially made here for SURREALISM NOW!, is just an honor and a great priviledge. An artist like Bill Ayton is on the same status and caliber as Picasso, Calder, Pollack, etc, and I am just truly in awe of his art and long history of exhibition. See the four original automatic artworks below:

Below is the latest acquisition to THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION and its my favorite oil on canvas painting in my entire collection!!! The name of this Masterpiece is called, "NUN LUST" and it was recently painted by the MASTER himself, DAVID ANTHONY MAGITIS. The moment that David showed me the painting, I bought it INSTANTLY! As a Surrealist and also a Collector, the piece spoke Volumes to me: Pure Rage, Total Anarchy, Pure Evil, and Total Revolution!!! Its all here and its probably one of the most Intense and Offensive Artworks to date and I am proud to own it!!! 

Below you will see another one of The MASTER David Anthony Magitis's oil on canvas paintings, "THANKS FOR NOT SMOKING". I had to buy this artwork and add it to THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION because its so amazingly dark and surreal, with a wickedly direct effect on all of the senses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my most favorite online celebrity internet personalities is the great METAL SANAZ, who is a Legend among the Heavy Metal and Hardcore Music Scenes. She is well known for discovering and promoting many, many, many INTENSE Metal Bands of all sub-genres of Metal and Hardcore, be it DEATH METAL, BLACK METAL, SPEED METAL, etc, etc, etc. In 2007, The MASTER DAVID ANTHONY MAGITIS decided to do an artwork that paid eternal tribute to the great METAL SANAZ, and here it is! I AM THE OWNER OF THIS ARTWORK!!!

Below is another artwork by David Anthony Magitis and this is a graphite pencil drawing called, "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" and its one of David's Rarest Artworks to date! None of his collectors and fans even know that this artwork exists and I own it, because as David Anthony Magitis says, "I OWN ALL THE PIECES"! This artwork has its debut here on this site!!!

Below is a painting from BIENVENIDO BONES BANEZ, a Surrealist from the Philippines. This surrealist painting is called, "666 Screaming" 2006

Below is a rare Automatic Surrealist Colored Pen and Ink Drawing by BEN "BONES" BANEZ, its called, "666 CONSTELLATION" year 2007.

Below is the most recent art aquisition to The Keith Wigdor Collection and its a rare wood carving done by the artist, DONNY DANGER! The art of Donny Danger is some of the most fantastic wood carvings and art sculptures that you will ever see, because of the highly specific DETAIL that Donny produces in his wood carving artworks. Donny Danger, the artist, works with many popular culture motifs: punk rock, comic books, music legends and counterculture icons, his wood carvings are truly unique in every sense of the word, considering the amount of work that is needed to get all the detail necessary for the desired outcome of the piece. This wood carving artwork by Donny Danger is of the cover of the Golden Age comic book: SHOCK SUSPENSE STORIES #12, the original cover art was done by AL FELDSTEIN and Donny Danger captures ALL the Detail of the original cover in this brilliant wood carving masterpiece.

Below is an extremely rare pen and ink drawing by RAMAZ RAZMADZE, who is a surrealist artist from Georgia, USSR. This artwork was sent to me back in August of 2007 and signed by Ramaz along with a message, "TO MY FRIEND, KEITH WIGDOR..." This artwork is one of my favorites of my contemporary surrealist friends. Ramaz had also exhibited in the online art exhibition, INTERNATIONAL SURREALIST SHOW 2006.

Here is another Very Rare Automatic Ink Drawing by my friend and comrade, BRAD MOORE, "A SKELETON'S ROBE" AUTOMATIC INK DRAWING 2006

Below you will see an Automatic Ink Drawing from my personal collection by one of my favorite artists, KRISTEN MARGIOTTA. This rare ink drawing is an automatic illustration that Kristen gave to me back in 2008. Kristen is primarily a dark surreal artist who also does a lot of illustration including a new book cover she did for Jennifer Barnes of Raw Dog Screaming Press, a children's book that has Kristen's art on the cover. Her art and illustration work uses a lot of children's themes, but set in a dark and nightmarish setting that appeals to both children and adults. I have been following her work for a number of years now and she recently came aboard to SURREALISM NOW! back in 2008. She is certainly a unique and gifted artist & illustrator and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Below is an Automatic Ink & Black Marker on Paper Artwork by surrealist artist, ANDREW OSTAPENKO, who also exhibits on SURREALISM NOW!

Below there are three artworks from one of my favorite surrealists who has been working for close to 4 decades and that's, ROBERT S. BEAL.
I have known Robert since we both exhibited together back on the old Now Surreal UK website, which eventually became The Hammond Gallery
where I also worked as Gallery Manager for Ian Eade. While on both the Now Surreal UK & Hammond websites; myself, Ian Eade, & David Magitis all praised Robert S. Beal and his Surrealism. Robert was really one of the most Surrealist of all the Artists on there and I got to know Robert very well. Back in 2008, Robert sent me a couple of automatic artworks for my collection and I just unearthed them for this gallery. See below:

Below is a Rare Experimental Drawing by JON NEAL WALLACE from the 1990s, when Jon was experimenting with LINES! VERY ORIGINAL ART!!!

More Artworks and Paintings WILL be added and uploaded to this online gallery of THE KEITH WIGDOR COLLECTION, so please STAY TUNED.......


much more to come.........!