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Valeriu Buev

Last Modified December 1, 2021 1 Comment

The paintings of Moldovan artist Valeriu Buev explore the strange and poetic tragedy of the human condition. Although Buev uses the language of surrealism and dream, his stunning images remain fully rooted both psychically and technically in material reality. Through the processes of distortion and imagination, Buev confronts the stark costs of humanity’s darker tendencies, such as war and … [Read more...] about Valeriu Buev

Filed Under: Painting Tagged With: Figurative, Juxtaposition, Lyrical, Politics, Psychological

Genres: Surrealism

Get Out, Atlanta, Sorry to Bother You, and The Afro-Surrealist Film Movement

Last Modified December 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Add "Sorry To Bother You" to the mix and there appears to be an Afro-Surrealism resurgence in Black cinema. Surrealism is the 20-century avant-garde artistic and literary movement that sought to stir the creative potential of the unconscious mind position seemingly irrational imagery adjacent to one another. Artist Salvador Dali is among the most respect of that era. Surrealism in film draws … [Read more...] about Get Out, Atlanta, Sorry to Bother You, and The Afro-Surrealist Film Movement

Filed Under: Video and Cinema Tagged With: Alegorical, Cinema, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychological

Genres: Afro-surrealism, Surrealism

Beth Hoeckel

Last Modified December 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

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About Beth Hoeckel Beth Hoeckel is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator from Baltimore. She earned a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied painting, photography, and printmaking— but her main area of expertise is in the medium of collage. Beth began her first widely-known series of collages in 2010, and has been a full-time freelance artist since 2012. … [Read more...] about Beth Hoeckel

Filed Under: Collage Tagged With: Found Materials, Juxtaposition, Limited Color Palette, Politics, Pop Culture

Genres: Surrealism

Bonobo’s surrealist music video for ‘No Reason’

Last Modified December 18, 2021 Leave a Comment

https://vimeo.com/199858222 With stunning cinematography (and no CGI), director Oscar Hudson pays homage to Japan’s social phenomenon of ‘Hikikomori’. A dreamy, disconnected electronic beat plays as a Japanese teenager wakes up in his bedroom, visibly troubled at the thought of facing the day ahead of him. But there are tricks at play, as he walks through the door, only to find a replica of his … [Read more...] about Bonobo’s surrealist music video for ‘No Reason’

Filed Under: Surreal Music Video Tagged With: Alegorical, Cinema, Conceptual, Politics, Pop Culture, Portrait, Psychological, Recursive

Genres: Concept Art, Lowbrow and Pop-Surrealism, Surrealism

Christie Neptune Surreal Video Art: An Afro-Surrealist Sci-fi Future

Last Modified December 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Christie Neptune's "She Fell from Normalcy" Stills Note On Surrealism, Past and Present Followers of contemporary surreal art, and perhaps this blog, may forget that surrealism (and it's precursor, Dada) were politically inspired art movements. Dada's "anti-philosophy" developed in reaction to World War I. Surrealism became notorious for many reasons. One of these was affiliating … [Read more...] about Christie Neptune Surreal Video Art: An Afro-Surrealist Sci-fi Future

Filed Under: Video and Cinema Tagged With: Alegorical, Cinema, Conceptual, Lyrical, Politics, Sci-fi

Genres: Afro-surrealism, Conceptual Art

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