In the 21st century, people appreciate things in their unique ways. For the French artist Zak Eazy a.k.a Eazy (his Artist moniker) his unique way is surreal digital art. After he visited Dubai as a tourist, he took his appreciation of the country’s architecture, development, and landscape to Adobe Photoshop to compose surrealistic visions of the nation’s famous landmarks.
Zak Eazy is a 26-year-old digital artist out of Lille, France, inspired by the renowned Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalli. His works of digital sceneries of the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab. have garnered attention online with his surreal take on the architectural beauty of Dubai’s buildings. @zakeazy, his Instagram account received praises for his recent posts featuring the Dubai Frame and Atlantis, The Palm.
Eazy also has in the workings four more artworks featuring the architectural beauty of Dubai and its extent of development. He has sights on the Museum of the Future, the world’s largest observation wheel Ain Dubai, the Al Seef neighborhood, and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
Dubai Frame (image left), titled The New Wave is the perfect example of the artist’s vision. Zak Eazy says,
“Through the Dubai Frame, you can see the old and the new Dubai. That’s why I used this monument because it’s an analogy between life before and after, life before opportunity, and life after opportunity. I used dolphins to represent anybody in the world because there are opportunities for everyone in Dubai. No matter your race or color of your skin, you will manage to swim like a dolphin in the water if you manage to take the opportunity.”
His choice of selection is quite simple. Eazy explains this as he explains his take on surreal art.
“I love to mix architecture, animals, and nature in a surrealistic style. I love to take realistic things and make it more fantastical. And I love making the world more dreamy and sweet. I picked these monuments because they are best known in Dubai and I was really impressed by their architecture.”
Eazy began creating art in 2019, where he started of with adding a surreal touch to images from his hometown. His social account is home to comments and praise for his vision and approach to digital art.
Right now, Eazy is working towards his first exhibition.
To any artist, the final prize is to see how people understand and perceive your artwork. On that note, Easy says something that will resonate with the artist in us all.
“I love to see [the] reactions of people because they interpret the art in their way. Some view my art as fantastic and magical, and some see it as the apocalypse and life after human extinction,” he says. “I have my meaning but people are free to interpret it according to what they see, according to their experiences. And this is what I like the most.”