Here is a short list of five surrealist things I am thinking about this week. 1. Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry Through renowned father of the midnight movies Alejandro Jodorowsky’s intensely personal lens, Endless Poetry tells the story of his years spent as an aspiring poet in Chile in the 1940’s. Against the wishes of his […]
Nostalgia
Paradoxically, much surreal digital art uses a vintage, nostalgic, or classical art aesthetic.
I believe there could be several reasons for this:
- It roots the viewer/artist in something comfortable and known
- The greatest fear is of the unknown and unfamiliar
- Using new tools and creating something completely new and in new styles is uncomfortable, and likely the result will be failure and rejection
- Advertising and film tends to use more contemporary and realist aesthetics
- Vintage and classical aesthetics is a way of differentiating artwork from those attempting to hawk their wares on you
- Abstract painting has become the realm of corporate art
- Contemporary art is more influenced by Dada and Marcel Duchamp
- Pretty, unthinking landscapes is the realm of corporate art (and your aunt Mertle’s souvenirs from her vacations.)
- By being both faux vintage and futuristic it creates and interesting paradox that makes something larger than life
Or, maybe it just looks cool
Eugenia Loli Surrealist Vintage Collages
Eugenia Loli creates surrealist collages from vintage magazines. Her work blends nostalgia with psychedelia in a retro-futurist space-age epoxy that rivals the Dadaist collage masters. Discover more work by Eugenia Loli Collage artist Eugenia Loli uses photography scanned from vintage magazines and science publications to create bizarre visual narratives that borrow from aspects of pop […]
Medusawolf
Medusawolf (A. E. Brown) Biography I grew up near the woods & discovered the world was a weird mystery. I learned I loved to draw. Years later, I went to Delaware College of Art & Design where I learned I loved to paint. Today I draw & paint the weirdness the world makes me see […]
Thom Easton Surreal Collage Art
Thom Easton creates art juxtaposing the everyday with epic sci-fi/space visuals. His imagery has a retro feel. He seems to source his images from 1970’s magazines that add a certain nostalgia to the work. Thom Easton
Khan Nova (Mathieu Saunier)
French artist Khan Nova created retro-futuristic digital collages inspired by surrealism, ethnicity, and the infinite. Prints | Facebook | Instagram
Anton Walker – Surreal Collage
Anton Walker uses found art in his surrealistic digital collages. The work blends motifs of 1950’s style nostalgia, romantic hollywood or advertising themes with sci-fi, gas masks/war, pattern and nature to create an otherworldly sensation in the viewer. While he may be using found art in the work, the pieces transcend and the work becomes unique […]
Life’s ballet
A short surreal film with enticing visuals and music. The film plays with visual overlay. More of Joe Zazulak’s Films Additional notes: MUSIC: Created for this film by Jonty Cotton soundcloud.com/jonty-cotton Additional & found footage: beeple-crap.com Das Triadische Ballet Beachfrontbroll.com Xstockvideo.com Girl in fractal image: Charley Gibb