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Thoughts On Contemporary Surrealism

Last Modified September 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Some Thoughts on Surrealist Art Today

If you were to sum up the surrealist movement in as few words as possible what would you say? What makes something surrealist?

Surrealism is any artifact that results from an artist’s best attempts at a literal display of their imagination in their medium of choice.

Who is your favorite surrealist artist, and why?

There are too many amazing surrealist artists, or artists that I would consider surreal. Many of them would disagree with this label. It’s also a bit like asking, “who is your favorite musician in the orchestra”?
You want to see the musicians playing in the context of their cohort. Classics would be Mark Ryden, or Beksinski.

I have a post from a few years ago that includes a bunch of artists many people would have never heard of: 17 Mind-Blowing Surreal Artists you Need to Follow on Instagram. I’ve only recently discovered Vincent Fink, Arabella Proffer, and many more, but I cannot pick just one.

What is the last dream you remember?

I dream that we will find the way out. I dream that portals are everywhere. I dream we find them every time we have the courage and the discipline to look.

What do you think is the best way to learn about the surrealist movement?

The internet. Don’t believe the official narrative from art history class is the gospel. It’s good to know, but it’s just one story. I’d also recommend looking for counter-narratives. Another region of the world will have an entirely different cohort canonized. Those artists are every bit as skilled and exciting. It seems the internet has just recently learned (again) about the Chicago Imagists, the Czech Surrealists, Egyptian Surrealists.

Declaring New York City, Paris, or Bejing, “the center of the art world” at any point in time, is boring and lazy. It’s the art historian’s flat earth society. It’s a load-bearing fiction. It may be where a concentration of money is at a point in time, but that doesn’t mean that’s where the interesting stories, art, or ideas are happening.

The dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has a definition for a word Sonder. I’d consider that a good way to think about this.

What is the scene like today/how does modern surrealism differ from its origins?

Many thousands more surrealists artists are now doing as good and better work than has ever been done. And many wouldn’t appreciate the label “surrealist” for any number of reasons.

There is no center of the movement today, no leadership or central ideology. There are just so many amazing artists making great things.

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Luciano Sanchez

Last Modified November 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

Luciano Sanchez is a lowbrow pop-surrealist artist who focuses on themes of Kustom Kulture through post-apocalyptic, vintage, and science-fiction lenses.

Artist Statement

My work is within the movement appeared in the late 1970s in California known as Lowbrow Art or Pop-surrealism, This allows me to have a field of creation where the main protagonists are elements extracted directly from the world of the engine more “vintage”, the underground comic, films of science fiction or pop culture among others always mixed with a dose of pessimism and post-apocalyptic connotations, all of them make up my work, besides the work is loaded with references to the 70’s, 80 or 90 as or a yearning for a better past.

Mi trabajo se encuentra dentro del movimiento aparecido a finales de los años 70 en California conocido como arte Lowbrow o Pop-surrealismo ,éste me permite tener un campo de creación donde los principales protagonistas sean elementos extraídos directamente del mundo del motor más “vintage”, el cómic underground, películas de ciencia ficción o la cultura pop entre otros mezclado siempre con una dosis de pesimismo y connotaciones postapocalípticas, todas ellas conforman mi obra, además el trabajo está cargado de referencias a los años 70,80 o 90 como o un anhelo de un pasado mejor.

Exhibitions

2016 – Mad City Show Madrid
2016 – Exposición colectiva. I Revival of the machine vintage expo Madrid.
2016 – DeepFlux Art Show Argentina. Colectiva.
2017 – II Garage Rules Murcia
2017 – Graumfest “I Kill for fuel” Exposicion individual. Granada
2017 – 73 Vintage moto Art México. Colectiva.
2017 – Kustom Kulture Forever Germany
2017 – II Revival of the machine vintage expo Madrid
2017 – Deep Flux International Art Show Barcelona. Colectiva.
2017 – Proyecto 50.Two Anchor Tatto. Barcelona. Colectiva.
2018 – Mad Crew Lowbrow art Expo “Riverside”, Calafell, Barcelona.
2018 – III Oldies but Goldies Vintage Motor Expo, Madrid.
2019 – The Underdog Gallery London “Loser VS Underdog Custom Show”
2019 – Summer Show, The Underdog Gallery London
2019 – Kustom Art 10 Argentina

Press

Customized Magazine, Nº32, Alemania
Wild Motorcycle Magazine, Nº165, Francia.
Pinstripping & Kustom Graphics Magazine, Nº46, Reino Unido.
Cruzin Magazine, Nº190, Australia.
Renegade Magazine, Nº37, USA
Revival of the Machine, Nº11, España
Gnarly Magazine, Nº2, USA
Bikerzone Magazine, Nº292, España.

Websites

canallaxsiempre.com
Store: lucianoart.bigcartel.com
instagram.com/lucianokustomart
facebook.com/LucianoKustomKultureArt/

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9 Unexpectedly Surreal Affordable Art Prints

Last Modified August 28, 2018 1 Comment

1. Inside by Paul Guerrero Studio.

Inside by Paul Guerrero Studio

2. Let Go by Gabriel Isak.

Let Go by Gabriel Isak

3. The Unexpected by Frank Moth

The Unexpected by Frank Moth

4. Bloom by Frank Moth.

Bloom by Frank Moth

5. Spore Collector by Eugenia Loli.

Spore Collector by Eugenia Loli

6. Skate Flamingo by Paul Fuentes

Skate Flamingo by Paul Fuentes

7. Film Noir by Cassia Beck

Film Noir by Cassia Beck

8. Meteoric Rainfall by Picomodi

Meteoric Rainfall by Picomodi

9. Pink Eruption by Filip Hodas

Pink Eruption by Filip Hodas

Filed Under: Collage, Mixed Media, Other, Painting, Print Tagged With: Animals, Figurative, Lyrical, Photo Manipulation, Psychological, Whimsical

Genres: Low Brow and Pop Surrealism, Surrealism

Where is Surreal Art Discussed Online? Surrealism Discussion Forums Links

Last Modified January 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

George Clair Tooker 1920-2011 - American Magic Realist painter - 8
George Clair Tooker 1920-2011 - American Magic Realist painter - 6
George Clair Tooker 1920-2011 - American Magic Realist painter - 4

Art by George Tooker

Q. Where is Surreal Art Discussed Online?
A. Here is a list of some places Surrealism is discussed online. Forums, Reddits, Facebook Groups, etc:

Did I miss any?
Let me know in the comments!

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Genres: Surrealism

Boris Indrikov

Last Modified October 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

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About Boris Indrikov

Boris Indrikov was born in Leningrad in 1967 and lives and works in Moscow. From 1991 to 1997 he was a book designer and worked as an illustrator for the popular science magazine “Chemistry and Life”. He has been a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and The member of the International Federation of Artist ( IFA UNESCO) 1998.Has exhibited works at a number of shows in Russia and abroad (Art-Manezh 2002, 2003, 2012, ART-Salon 2007, Art Fair Tokyo 2013, Venezia 2014 and others). He currently works in painting, graphic design and small-form plastic. He works mainly in fantastic realism. His pictures are in the D`VASKO gallery (Russia), HORIZON gallery (Netherlands), and private collections in Russia, Sweden, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan and the United States. Less

Education:

… Picture – is a door into a parallel world. That is a world where all things are different. There are other laws, other lines and shapes.

This is my world. Maybe I came from there and I will come back …

… You took brushes and paints, came up to a canvas – from the other side of the canvas somebody has already looked forward to your first stroke, this is like a snake biting its own tail. By creating a picture, you complete another CREATION cycle of this world.

… Artist – is a mysterious creature, “God’s pipe”, agent, He is vibrating because of stream of information which is flowing through him. “… And he was trembling like a needle in the compass…”. There is feeling of creative itch and impatience, unembodied pregnancy, pangs and doubts about things that you have done, and, at the same time, you are full of pleasure from the process in itself.

It’s kind of the artist’s living…

Events:

2012 ART INTERNATIONAL Zurich 14th International Contemporary Art Fair, Switzerland
2012 Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2013 Art Fair Tokyo 2013
2013 Stars with Stars. Gall’Art Roma artists at “Estate Romana” – Isola del Cinema
2013 International Contemporary Art Show “Kaleidos”. Sant’Oreste Roma Museum
2014 VENEZIA, Galleria di Palazzo Priuli Bon . (July)
2015 35×35 art project – Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Grèce)

https://www.saatchiart.com/borisindrikov
https://www.facebook.com/borisindrikov.gallery/

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Alegorical, Conceptual, Figurative, Limited Color Palette, Mysticism, Nostalgia, Painterly, Victorian, Whimsical

Genres: Mystical and Occult, Surrealism

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