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DETERIORATION OF MIND OVER MATTER

DETERIORATION OF MIND OVER MATTER



​One painting, entitled “The Deterioration Of Mind Over Matter” is a frightening picture of a decomposing human scull firmly ensconced on some devilish birdcage in which the raw gore of mans physical being lies lifeless at the base. The parting flesh of the scull is secured by a trompe-l'oel  safety pin. This is truly an image that could have been utilized in the former issues of “Tales From The Crypt”, in fact it brings to mind in its own scary way the imaginations of Edgar Allan Poe. The poem, “The Conqueror Worm” comes to mind immediately:


But see, amid the mimic rout

A crawling shape intrude!

A blood-red thing that writhes from out

The scenic solitude!

It writhes! - it writhes! - with mortal pangs

The mimes become its food,

And the angels sob at vermin fangs

In human gore imbued.



Excerpt from the critique by
J. Brooks Joyner 
Editor Visual Arts,
The Albertan, Saturday, May 29th, 1976

acrylic on canvas, 20"x28", 1973

Read the review by J. Brooks Joyner: 
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List 25 article:
25 Disturbing Art Pieces That Challenges People’s Sanity
The video was embedded here and it was working until recently, but I guess YouTube restricted it. 
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posted on twitter by List 25
Related links:   chirkup - ViralNova
This painting is all over the internet, and I find references to it on many occasions - even just when googling my name only, it seems to be a piece that is most associated with my name. To list all that can be found is futile, but just one example, found here on Reddit (posted March 28, 2015).
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My painting made it  even into a another list, this time 
​7 Most Famous And Creepiest Looking Oil Paintings
listed among some world-famous artwork (see the complete description for each on YouTube):
​1. Untitled Painting - Zdzisław Beksiński
2. "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun" - William Blake
3. "Dante and Virgil in Hell" - William-Adolphe Bouguereau
4. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" - Hieronymus Bosch
5. "Saturn Devouring His Son" - Francisco Goya
6. "Deterioration of Mind Over Matter" - Otto Rapp
This painting features a gruesome head-looking cage that has open flesh on focus and a very creepy background. The underground dungeon look, people staring on the head, on the setting and the whole decomposing skull appearance adds to the horror factor of the painting. The artwork was made by Austrian artist Otto Rapp in 1973. There is no direct description about the painting but it probably tells us the destruction of "mind over matter" or an individual's control on material things.
7. "Triptych of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation" - Hans Memling


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  • HOME
    • OTTO RAPP - ART OF THE MYSTIC
    • INTRODUCTION >
      • ABOUT MY WORK
    • ESSAY - THE ART OF THE MYSTIC
    • BOGOMIL'S UNIVERSE
    • TALES FROM THE CRYPT BY OTTO RAPP
    • CURRICULUM VITAE >
      • CV Documents
      • EXHIBITIONS
    • CONTACT
    • CIRCLE OF THE SUN
    • PHOTOALBUMS
    • ARTWORK SLIDE SHOW >
      • Flickr Slide Show embed
  • ARTWORK
    • PAINTINGS >
      • ABANDONED BY HIS MOTHER
      • ADAM IN PAIN
      • ALL TIED UP IN KNOTS
      • BOGOMIL ALIEN LANDSCAPE
      • BOGOMIL LANDSCAPE
      • BOGOMIL'S AVATAR
      • BOGOMIL'S CEREMONIAL STAGE: CASPAR AND HIS PROPS
      • BOGOMIL'S COURT
      • BOGOMILS JOURNEY
      • BOGOMILS LANDING
      • BOGOMILS MONASTIC RETREAT
      • BOGOMIL SUNRISE 2
      • DETERIORATION OF MIND OVER MATTER
      • DORILUS DEUS
      • ERNSTHAFTES SPIEL IM INNEREN ERDTEIL
      • FLY-OVER WITH BOGOMIL'S SHUTTLE
      • FOMORII INCUBATOR - IN THE BEGINNING
      • FOMORII INTERIOR II
      • GREY DAY AT THE FACTORY
      • HOUR OF THE COCK
      • ISABELLE DE VOUTHON
      • LADY Z - THE GOLDEN ANGEL
      • MAGNA MATER
      • MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN WAR HERO
      • NUBIAN DREAM
      • OFFSPRING OF TIAMAT
      • PABLOS LAST CONCERT
      • PARTHENOGENESIS II
      • PORTRAIT OF YOUNG BOGOMIL
      • QUIET AFTERNOON IN THE STUDIO
      • RAVEN
      • REVELATION 20
      • SELFPORTRAIT WITH THE CRITICAL EYE
      • THE SURROGATE MOTHER OF WISDOM
      • THE VISITOR
      • YGGDRASIL
    • DRAWINGS >
      • DRAWING DETAILS
      • DRAWINGS SLIDE SHOW
      • A MAD SUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
      • ALPHA AND OMEGA - THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BOGOMILS UNIVERSE
      • ANTIPODES
      • AXIS MUNDI
      • BACKLANE SERENADE
      • BOGOMIL'S AVATAR REVISITED
      • BOGOMIL'S DUCKHUNTING MASK
      • CHRISTAN FANTASY PORTRAIT
      • CTHULHU MONUMENTS
      • EMRAKUL
      • EROS THANATOS
      • EROS THANATOS II
      • EYE OF THE DARK STAR
      • EYE OF THE DARK STAR - JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORMHOLE
      • FAMILY REUNION
      • FOMORII GENERAL
      • FOMORII KING AND HIS QUEEN
      • FOMORII STORMTROOPER
      • JABBERWOCKY
      • KRIX KRAX SPIRIT GUIDE
      • MEMENTO MORI
      • MUMMENSCHANZ
      • OUROBOROS PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE
      • OUTSKIRTS OF NECROPOLIS
      • PORTAL TO BOGOMILS UNIVERSE IV
      • SELFPROPELLED BEASTIE SEEDING MACHINE
      • SHEPHERD OF THE SPHINX
      • SPIRAL RAPTURE II
      • THE BEAST OF BABYLON
      • THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
      • THE COVID DOCTOR HAS LANDET
      • THE EYE OF THE FOMORII
      • THE FERNAL ALIEN PLANT
      • THE WIZARD OF EARTH SEA
      • TRIPPING THROUGH BOGOMILS MIND
      • UNTITLED A4 2018-08-01
      • UNTITLED P 1010381
      • VINDOBONA ALTARPIECE I
      • VINDOBONA ALTARPIECE III >
        • VINDOBONA ALTARPIECE III details on Issuu
      • WALDRAPP'S TOMB
      • WILLIAM'S WINTER - A TALE FROM THE PRAIRIE
      • YMIR AT REST
    • DIGITAL ART >
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      • PHONE CASES
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      • DETERIORATION OF MIND COLLECTION
      • PHONE CASES
      • SCATEBOARDS
      • SHOES
      • TIES
      • AOW
      • DESIGN BY HUMANS
      • MY WEAR STORE
      • PIXELS SHOP
      • RAGE ON
      • SOCIETY 6
      • THREADLESS
      • VIDA FASHION
  • READING CORNER
    • A LETTER TO NATALIE
    • ARE YOU LOST?
    • Art of the Mystic Drawings and Words
    • AS THE SPIRITS MOVE ME
    • BARE-FACED MESSIAH
    • CIRCLE OF THE SUN - ABOUT THE SACRED
    • CODEX SERAPHINIANUS
    • CORONA VIRUS RESOURCES
    • ENCOUNTER ON THE S-BAHN
    • GARDEN OF FERNAL DELIGHTS - Otto’s Dream
    • GOING BANANAS AT ART BASEL MIAMI
    • JACK OF SHADOWS
    • ONE WINGED ANGEL
    • OTTO RAPP - INTERVIEW ON ILLUSTRATION TOOLBOX
    • PETER SCHLEMIEHL
    • THE VIENNA SCHOOL OF FANTASTIC REALISM
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