Dark & Dangerous

Not all art is pretty, sometimes it can be downright vulgar and unsettling. Some art says stare if you dare; it’s dark, sinister, deviant – It won’t be to everyone’s taste and you may find yourself having a hard time explaining why you like it when your friends pop round, but once you’ve crossed over to the dark side of art you’ll find it hard to step back.

Darkly comic, sexually exciting, morally bankrupt? Perhaps, but this is art not wallpaper; the spoils of somebody’s passion, and for that reason utterly compelling.

Artists have always been inspired by the macabre, the supernatural and the freely sexual, and while you may not want to share your viewing pleasure with your in-laws we think the following work will tickle your fancy.