A huge amount of art is dedicated to studying, paying tribute to, or actually creating beautiful things; nonetheless, there’s an entirely different side of art that dwells in the land of the ugly. And really, “ugly” and “beautiful” are subjective terms — a lot of artists celebrate ugliness because they find some kind of peculiar beauty in it, perhaps made more attractive by its contrast against things typically considered “pretty” in our culture. However, all relativism aside, these “Toddlerpedes” by Jon Beinart. But Here I collect many artists’ artwork for your inspiration.

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