Kathie Olivas

Written by Marica on . Posted in art

The Misery Children, a weird yet sweet, fascinating and somehow melancholic series of works by Kathie Olivas…

“…the “Misery Children” series focuses on the constant social desire to assign “cuteness.” This often serves as a means to make something innocent and more appealing, therefore, non-threatening. Perhaps this allows us to comfort ourselves. My questions are based on the discomfort of “what if”– what if these sweet creatures had other ideas? What if they knew something we were afraid to open our eyes to?…”

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The guardian

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Last seduction

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Death kitty (Masao), hand-painted custom Munny

  • Carlo Stevens

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  • http://www.myartspace.com/interviews Ert

    Kathie Olivas did a great interview with the Myartspace Blog a while back. You might want to check it out. I put the url in the space provided. She should be on the list along with Mark Ryden and several dozen other artists.

  • http://eternalchild.blogspot.com Edgewalker

    Kinda reminds me of Mark Ryden. But there’s another, vaguer memory of something else I’ve seen somewhere but can’t put a finger on… Probably Yoshitomo Nara. Don’t you think that painting is kinda converging to a specific style? One based on child-like characters and morbid surrealism…