Surrealism

[Geist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism

Anybody interested in surrealism? What are your thoughts on it?

[gooddeath]

I dislike most modern and abstract forms of art, but I must admit that I am attracted to surrealism. Some of the paintings really stretch your mind.

[Roland]

Surrealism can be thought provoking, sublime, and even beautiful.

Rene Magritte is my favorite surrealist.

[koch curve]

salvador dali was the first artist i ever took an interest in, way back when i was six years old.


quite possibly my favorite artistic style of all time, regardless of medium.

[gooddeath]

Surrealism can be thought provoking, sublime, and even beautiful.

Rene Magritte is my favorite surrealist.

Agreed. I love Magritte. Although I also like Dali. Some Dali pieces really mess with your mind.

[albion]

http://www.jigboxx.com/jps/ag/ag00032.jpg http://www.tatfoundation.org/softwatch.jpg
http://www.bm-lyon.fr/expo/virtuelles/dieuzaide/photos/dali.jpg

[gooddeath]

"In his youth, Dalí embraced for a time both anarchism and communism. His writings account various anecdotes of making radical political statements more to shock listeners than from any deep conviction, which was in keeping with Dalí's allegiance to the Dada movement. While in New York in 1942, he denounced his surrealist colleague filmmaker Luis Buñuel as an atheist, causing Buñuel to be fired from his position at the Museum of Modern Art and subsequently blacklisted from the American film industry.[44]
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) (1936)
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) (1936)

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Dalí fled from fighting and refused to align himself with any group. Likewise, after World War II, George Orwell criticized Dalí for "scuttl[ing] off like rat as soon as France is in danger" after Dalí prospered there for years: "When the European War approaches he has one preoccupation only: how to find a place which has good cookery and from which he can make a quick bolt if danger comes too near."[43] After his return to Catalonia after World War II, Dalí became closer to the Franco regime. Some of Dalí's statements supported the Franco regime, congratulating Franco for his actions aimed "at clearing Spain of destructive forces". Dalí sent telegrams to Franco, "praising him for signing death warrants for political prisoners."[24] Dalí even painted a portrait of Franco's grand-daughter. It is impossible to determine whether his tributes to Franco were sincere or whimsical; he also once sent a telegram praising the Conducător, Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, for his adoption of a scepter as part of his regalia. The Romanian daily newspaper Scînteia published it, without suspecting its mocking aspect. Dalí's eccentricities were tolerated by the Franco regime, since not many world-famous artists would accept living in Spain. One of Dalí's few possible bits of open disobedience was his continued praise of Federico García Lorca even in the years when Lorca's works were banned.[15]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD

[gooddeath]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Dali_Temptation_of_St_Anthony.jpg

[gooddeath]

Magritte :)

http://photos-898.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v47/67/3/33310951/n33310951_31158898_4834.jpg

http://us.geocities.com/weborg5/paint/magritte/magritte.jpg

http://photos-786.facebook.com/ip002/v46/161/4/17703979/n17703979_30251786_18.jpg

[Zubenelgenubi]

I've always really liked Magritte, as well as Dali. Dali has this strange fascination with Hitler, which is kind of funny. He also created a dream sequence in Hitchcock's "Spellbound".

If you like surrealist art, you should see Hans Richter's film "Dreams that Money Can Buy"- strange surrealist film from the 50s with dreams by Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder and others I'm forgetting.

I haven't had a lot of contact with surrealist writing, but I like Bataille's stuff as well as, of course, Lautreamont, who isn't technically surrealist but was a great inspiration to the movement.

[sugartits]

Psychedelic/Surrealist art:

http://surrealartforum.com/artlinks.htm

Some of the work on that site is insanity inducing.

[sugartits]

The Birth of the Syphilitic Venus and the Death of Europe

http://www.thethirdangelsounded.com/drawings/lagenoir.php

[Ahknaton]

I'm not sure if Alex Grey could be classed as "surrealist", but he's definitely psychedelic:

http://www.alexgrey.com/

[sugartits]

Zdzislaw Beksinski

http://belvederegallery.com/Bex/images/AP-9.jpg

http://belvederegallery.com/Bex/pages/AP-16.htm

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/spoonblade/beksinski4.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/spoonblade/beksinski3.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/spoonblade/beksinski.jpg

...wow!

Cool website too
www.beksinski.pl/

[Scryllak]

Great stuff.

[Oblisk]

Eraserhead is one of my favourite movies.

[Zubenelgenubi]

Eraserhead is, indeed, awesome.

[Byssus]

Jacek Yerka (contemporary Pole):

http://www.yerka.pl/Yerka-pic-Images/16.jpg
wagary przy zrodle

http://www.yerka.pl/Yerka-pic-Images/11.jpg
amonit

[A Flickering]

Those Beksinski paintings were great, thanks.