Arts+Culture / IncomingFrancesca Gavin's Hell Bound: New Gothic ArtDazed's Visual Arts Editor picks 10 disturbing artists for the site.ShareLink copied ✔️November 3, 2008Arts+CultureIncomingText Francesca Gavin Francesca Gavin's Hell Bound: New Gothic Art Click on the image gallery, right, to see more pictures.Marnie WeberLA icon Marnie Weber has created her own memorable world around a traveling dead all girl rock band in her dark anti-fairy tale collages and ghostly films.Erik TidemannNorwegian Slade graduate Tidemann makes everything from stuffed animal installations to weird ritualistic film works and horror infused spider drawings.PutridA Chicago-based artist with a hard on for gore, metal and comic books. His graphic work literally brims with blood, sinew and energy. Elina MerenmiesMerenmies’ melancholic approach to painting could only have come from Finland. Her dripping black and red pieces focus on rabid dogs and weird woods.Joss McKinleyMcKinley has a Victorian sensibility to his beautifully lit photographs. Cue images of found dead birds, dusty piles of bees and empty cobweb filled rooms.Ken KagamiAcidly funny. Kagami can take a drawing of Charlie Brown and make it a vampire with a hard on, or innocent children’s toys and turn them into Manson’s playthings.Christian JankowskiThe German artist’s horror work is brilliant dark – from intellectuallised horror B movies to eerie images of horror fans describing their revenge fantasies.Stephen DunneLondon-based Irish artist who paints floating eyeballs, inkblot demons and dripping nightmares. Political, violent and visceral. Nuno CeraCera’s films are the definition of haunting. Here zombies wander bleeding through abandoned Nazi holiday resorts or run from bombs in cities. Olaf BreuningBreuning takes National Geographic tribes, comedy, sex, death and psychadelia and mixes it all up in his very memorable films and installations.Hell Bound is out now from Laurence King Publishing. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThese photos capture moments of beauty and surprise in Mexico CityCo-edited by Nan Goldin, Órale: Love and Death in Mexico City is the only photo book by the late Michel Hurst. Here, his partner Robert Swope discusses Hurst’s work and their decades-long love affairArt & PhotographyBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and erotica PumaLife & CultureMeet freestyle footballer Janella Hernandez Nike FashionNike celebrates the culture of U.S. soccerFilm & TV9 great films you can watch on YouTube for freeArt & PhotographyThese photos portray life on a tropical island as a beautiful prisonLife & CultureHaving a landline is now the ultimate post-digital flexBeautyIn pictures: Lesbians take London for the Dyke March 2026FashionStreet style: Parisians strip off at a sweltering Fête de la MusiqueEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy