Dual-panel abstract portrait: left shows a green-nailed hand gripping a dark disc; right shows a colorful reclining head.

Painting Pain

Marilyn Manson/David Lynch Artist Book

Marilyn Manson is known as a notorious rock musician and scandal figure. But not really as a painter. The catalog—his first—compiles a wealth of his watercolors, which seem gentle in form, but the image motifs stand in a sharp contrast: human primal fears, loss, desperation, self-estrangement.

One of Manson’s inspirations is the director David Lynch. The severity of Lynch’s films, the aestheticization of pain, and the reflection on deformations and perishability of the human body are qualities also inherent to Manson’s graphic art.

Published by Verlag für moderne Kunst.

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Person lying under a white sheet on a dark bed, hand to face, with red stains on the sheet.
Watercolor of a reclining nude person with open mouth, a red chest wound and a dark abdominal wound against a soft pastel background.
Album cover showing a distorted watercolor portrait with bared teeth and heavy makeup featuring Genealogies of Pain text.
Large 'MARILYN MANSON' text on a dark curtain backdrop.
Watercolor painting of a rainbow-hued nude figure standing with hands behind back, with purple flowers at the base.
Two watercolor portraits on black background; left: pale face with mask-like white patch and red lips; rainbow cheeks. Right: dark-haired figure with smeared mouth and greens.
Two dark curtains with faint bold uppercase text referencing a Snow White role (A Smile I/II).
Two black posters on a dark wall showing watercolor portraits of a person's face; left portrait with open eyes, right with closed eyes.
Watercolor painting of a reclining nude person with a red circular chest wound and a dark circular mark on the abdomen; pastel abstract background.
Two-page spread showing a grid of small, colorful portrait artworks with the heading List of Works.
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Two artworks mounted on a dark wall: left, a red square painting with shadowy faces; right, a grayscale piece showing raised hands with pink drips.
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Three men pose in a grand arched hall; center man in sunglasses and black coat, flanked by two suited men; pink feather headdress visible behind.

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