Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty ( ; is an American artist and musician based in Lexington, Kentucky, Kesha's Rainbow, and limited-edition artwork for The Weeknd's Dawn FM (2022).

Early life Robert Beatty was born in 1981 on a cattle and tobacco farm in rural Kentucky near Nicholasville—"one of the most beautiful places in the world", according to Beatty. and taking inspiration from MTV's series Liquid Television, Terry Gilliam's animated work, and Mad. and supported himself for years working at a gas station and as a janitor. "psychedelic", "dark", Beatty tries to evoke a "weird sense of wonder." He began working by hand and today mostly uses Adobe Illustrator and an old version of Photoshop However, Beatty says that his work often "goes back to drawing, because that's the simplest thing." magazines, book covers, fashion design, music videos, and news feature illustrations, with clients including Wired and the New York Times. His video work has been featured at the Anthology Film Archives. In 2019, Beatty created a lyric video for Cage the Elephant's song "House of Glass", from the album Social Cues.

In 2018 he contributed "surreal" art for use in fashion house Dries Van Noten's fall-winter 2018 collection, with his work featured prominently in window displays at European retail locations. His work Place Holder appeared at 21c Museum Hotel Lexington in 2019–20,

His influences include Cal Schenkel, Kenneth Anger, Piotr Kamler, Gary Panter, Terry Gilliam, co-founded Hair Police in 2001

Beatty also masters music, including Public Housing's 2014 self-titled album.

Discography

Three Legged Race – Persuasive Barrier (2012) Robert Beatty – Soundtracks for Takeshi Murata (2014)

Album art

columns-list|colwidth=35em| AIDS Wolf – Ma Vie Banale Avant-Garde (2012) (2017) AMOR – Sinking Into a Miracle (2018) Ariel Pink (2017) Bedouine – Bedouine Bedouine – Bird Songs of a Killjoy (2019) Burning Star Core – Challenger (2017) Charlie Hilton – Palana (2016) , "Quitters" (2022) Cola Boyy – Black Boogie Neon (2018) Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (2015) Dent May Don't DJ – Musique Acéphale (2017) The Dream Syndicate – These Times (2019) Drugdealer – The End of Comedy (2016) Drugdealer – Raw Honey (2019) Ed Schrader's Music Beat – Riddles (2018) Fielded – Drip Drip (2018) (2016) Ga'an – Black Equus (2011) GUM – The Underdog (2018) Idiot Glee – Paddywhack Kesha – Rainbow (2017) Knife Knights – 1 Time Mirage (2018) Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator (2019) (2017) Mondo Drag – Mondo Drag (2015)

Mort Garson – Mother Earth's Plantasia (2019 reissue) Neon Indian Oneohtrix Point Never – Russian Mind Outer Space – Akashic Record (2012) – Lucifer Roland Kayn – A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound (2017) – The Bardo Story (2013) Secret Circuit — Afterlife (2013) Sheer Mag – A Distant Call (2019) Steve Hauschildt – Dissolvi (2018) Tame Impala – "Cause I'm a Man" (2015) Tim Heidecker – Fear of Death(2020) U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited (2018) The Weeknd – Dawn FM (2022) White Suns William Tyler – Goes West (2019) Wooden Wand (2011)