A Severini climbs to £15.04 million in a dazzling Impressionist and Modern sale Jun 26, 2008
They emphasized Fauvism, together with other avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, Picasso's oversimplified cartoon-like portraits from his later period, and Surrealism. Interestingly, however, works that did not match this definition also fared well. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Strange fiction Jun 14, 2008
I embraced surrealism - like a lover - and psychoanalysis, which closely abutted surrealism ... "I needed something more charged. I embraced surrealism - like a lover - and psychoanalysis, which closely abutted surrealism. Together, they represented what I wanted to do.". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Humble master Jun 12, 2008
The fun house effect Weiser often uses has its roots in his early love of surrealism and later, of artists like Magritte, who knew how to employ more subtle forms of distortion. In addition to glassy-eyed females, his images often include animals engaged in some kind of life-or-death struggle. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Shedding light on Picasso Jun 9, 2008
The viewer is then transported to the final chapters of Surrealism, Friendship and Admiration and Rivalry. The personal relationship Picasso developed with countryman and surrealist Salvador Dali is evident in early works - Picasso's affinity with the surrealist style surviving the end of his friendship with the Spaniard, a divide spurred by Dali's Francoist sympathies. (Brisbane Times)
One viewer just says no to the high of high-definition TV Jun 8, 2008
Like the difference between Impressionism and Surrealism, it's a matter of taste. HDTV offers great potential to storytellers who want to utilize every inch of screen space. (Boston Globe)
“Sterne and Steinberg: Critics Within” featured at The Menil Collection Jun 3, 2008
During her 70-year career she appropriated from Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and any other canon that served her. An illustrator and cartoonist, he created 85 covers and 1,200 drawings for The New Yorker, hung out with Rothko, his best friend was Giacometti. (Woodlands Villager, TX)
How To Win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Jun 3, 2008
Excepting first names, only nine proper nouns have ever appeared in a winning caption: Batmobile, Comanche, Roswell, Hell, Surrealism, Tylenol, Bud Light, Frankenstein, Kansas Board of Education. You get the idea. (Slate)
YHS art club presents: 'Paint 'till ya faint!' May 30, 2008
The show featured expressionism, acrylic on canvas, figure drawing, self-portraits, surrealism, oil pastels and French post-impressionism. Daily News Photo / David Smith. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
The new beats May 24, 2008
Surrealism, absurdity, fractured narratives, all sit more easily amid traditional poetic craft and conventional emotion; there's a new energy, enthusiasm, uninhibitedness around that crosses gender, class, age, educational and ethnic boundaries; and there have been 40 years of different beats, rhythms and sounds coming up from the street and seeping in from the performance poetry world. But the past remains a vital starting point. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
British surrealism's greatest hoard, hidden in retired GP's house May 20, 2008
More than 200 masterpieces of British surrealism, including works by Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Damien Hirst and Glen Baxter, as well as several continental surrealists such as Ren; Magritte, were trucked at the weekend from a home in a Leeds suburb, which will be partially recreated in the exhibition at Mima, the new 14 ... I'd never even known there was such a thing as British surrealism ... "The couple started collecting modestly, but soon began to run out of wall and floor space as artists... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Monet to Picasso From the Cleveland Museum of Art June 23 - September 21, 2008 May 17, 2008
More than seventy paintings and sculptures by luminaries of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Dadaism, Cubism, and Surrealism are gathered together in this singular exhibition. Most notably, the exhibition includes key works by Courbet, Renoir, Degas, Monet, Picasso, Dal, and others. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Final YHS art opening celebrates color May 16, 2008
The show will feature expressionism, acrylic on canvas, figure drawing, self-portraits, surrealism, oil pastels and French post-impressionism. Not only are there more students than ever before, but we have probably the two most engaged presidents we've ever had this year,' Art teacher Richard Rangel said. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
NYC Museum Exhibits: Summer 2008 May 12, 2008
Drawings, paintings, prints and sculptures in bronze, fabric, latex, marble and wood evoke the influences of her childhood memories, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Post-Minimalism, revealing Bourgeois' highly personal iconography. The Jewish Museum. (Suite101.com)
Souren Melikian: A healthy tempo set in Modernist sales May 8, 2008
A small watercolor by Paul Klee, which draws on the twin heritage of Cubism and Surrealism, then made $1. 32 million, much more than expected. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Big pictureStudent photographer chosen for prestigious museum exhibit May 4, 2008
Artists and movements that inspire him include the Dada movement, the surrealism of the photographer Man Ray, the artist Marcel Duchamp, famous for his "Fountain" urinal. He also admires the photographer and painter Moholy Nagi, noted for his photomontages, and John Hartfield, known for his collages and assemblages. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Back - due to popular demand May 3, 2008
A Piece of the Sky is Missing is like a sort of dry run for that novel: it also describes the midlife crisis and mental breakdown of an office worker, but with more surrealism and experimentation. Copies tend to change hands now for about 300. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Enrico Donati, 99; sculptor considered last of Surrealists May 2, 2008
Born in Italy, Enrico Donati moved to the United States and worked in several art styles, including Surrealism, Constructivism, and Abstract Expressionism ... Mr. Donati survived Surrealism and moved through other art movements, including Constructivism and Abstract Expressionism, and became a successful owner of a perfume company ... His work impressed the art historian Lionello Venturi, who introduced him to the writer Andr Breton, often considered the father of Surrealism. (Boston Globe)
The visionary painting of an agonised soul Apr 23, 2008
He kept his distance from the new art movements, even those originating in the French capital, such as Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism. Instead Soutine developed a highly individualistic style characterised by the use of thick impasto paint applied thickly - agitated brushwork and strong emotional content. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
* Food as experiment, politics and artistic stunt enters the scene Apr 13, 2008
Futurism and other avant-garde movements like surrealism and Dadaism have had a well-documented impact in the arts, visible in everything from the paintings of Salvador Dali to the free-associating slapstick of the Marx Brothers. Futurism;;s influence on the way we eat today is less obvious. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Realism, surrealism in contemporary art Apr 11, 2008
The exhibition shows three of the most prominent representativesof this modern "converted realism."(Photo: CCTV.com). BEIJING, April 11 -- Realistic depictions are commonly found throughout the history of Chinese art. (Xinhuanet, China)
The 2008 U.Va. film festival: Salmagundi Apr 10, 2008
"Gerry Mitchell: 3,164 Miles," a documentary about the titular local artist and recent victim of the law, by Christina Tkacik; "Gemini," an experimental short that emphasizes dreamlike performance and beautifully saturated color, by Lauren O'Conner; "Rubber Ducky," a bizarre narrative ripe with Lynchian surrealism, by Konstantin Brazhnik; "Edie," a visually enthralling abstract art film, by Jonney Taee and "Tonight," a brief narrative completed in a single meandering shot, by Steven Quinn rews.... (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Honoring the Big Leaguers II (A Visual Metaphor) - Enriquillo Amiama Apr 10, 2008
Inspiring a common visual experience of cohesion and synthesis of realism and abstraction, fauvism and symbolism, and even pop art, which can also be experienced as surrealism, his work can truly be placed in the category of postmodernism and considered as avant-garde in our current era. Interesting to note are his dedications to artists of all schools of thought, expressing his unlimited love for art, while other times his love for his own nation is subtly conveyed by titles named Dominica. (AbsoluteArts.com)
OC adjunct photography instructor Beckwith Thompson Apr 2, 2008
The exhibit is devoted to the work of visual artists using digital media to explore surrealism ... With its emphasis on the links between reality and dreams, surrealism holds a special appeal for photographers, whose essentially realistic medium can be used to create richly suggestive images. (Odessa American, TX)
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"I call it fantasy surrealism," she said of her work, which includes an exotic female with exaggerated assets, flashing eyes and snake-like hair. "Working here is exciting. Johnny is always coming up with new concepts and what I do just seems to tie in with the motorcycle artwork.". (FOX61, CT)
New Films: Big ideas in deceptively small packages Mar 27, 2008
A kind of free-associative, good-humored surrealism informs "The Toe Tactic," a feature by Emily Hubley that combines her squiggly, playful animation (most widely seen in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch") with an oblique story about the serendipities of urban life. And a similar spirit coy, tender, slightly melancholic infuses "Jellyfish," a collaboration between the Israeli fiction writer Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, his wife. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Get closer look at Dali's thinking, iconography in Turkey Mar 25, 2008
He was an extraordinary artist and self-publicist, becoming the most famous proponent of surrealism in painting, sculpture and photography. (Agencies). (Xinhuanet, China)
Review: Mary Jo Salter's 'A Phone Call to the Future' Mar 8, 2008
" And while subsequent books contain well-made poems, "Unfinished Painting" remains her most satisfying collection, where her formal mastery feels most productively - most desperately - in the service of unmasterable feelings. The book recalls Anthony Hecht, a poet whose elegant confrontations with death and depravity never seem merely wise. We grow wise when we ought to be depressed, said the philosopher E. M. Cioran; wisdom is a way of controlling or defending ourselves against grief. But the... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Man Ray's photos, drawings, strange objects on display Mar 6, 2008
They're all the work of American-born artist Man Ray, one of the fathers of both dadaism and surrealism, whose taste in art embraced the ridiculous and the sublime. Best known for his striking black and white photographs, Man Ray was an all-around artist who dabbled in sculpture, painting and lithography, among other disciplines. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
'Social Political Surrealism': Nelson's paintings being shown at Fine Arts Center Mar 6, 2008
Social Political Surrealism': Nelson's paintings being shown at Fine Arts Center ... Although he has painted a number of realistic pieces, he prefers the surrealistic style in which to tell a story with his pictures and has dubbed this approach "Social Political Surrealism." He also enjoys drawing political cartoons. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Marcel Duchamp: Anything Goes Mar 4, 2008
They are associated with the Dada and Surrealism movements, but they were friends before these existed, and after they ended. Of the three, Duchamp is the towering genius. (Time.com)
Teaching a computer to appreciate art Feb 26, 2008
As for trying to identify potential look-alikes, he said his program could begin by classifying paintings according to a general group Impressionism versus Surrealism, for instance and then sort within each group according to increasingly fine-tuned physical traits. Keren is "cautiously optimistic" that his mathematical program might eventually be useful in detecting fakes. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
A love affair with the face Feb 18, 2008
In Raoul Ubac's brilliant Mannequin de Miro, a photo of a mannequin decorated by Joan Miro for the International Exposition of Surrealism at the Galerie des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1938, the elusive artist is entirely absent, the photo working like a portrait of Miro in absentia (though Miro himself is admirably represented here by a fine George Platt Lynes portrait from May of 1947). For Horst P. Horst's portrait of Salvador Dali from 1940, the bad-boy king of the Surrealists decided to keep his... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Boston Expressionists on display Feb 17, 2008
Boston Expressionism mixes symbolic narrative, mysticism, surrealism, and political and social satire. "I never delved into complete abstractionism because it didn't speak to me of human experience," says Schwartz. (Boston Globe)
* [BOOK REVIEW] JG Ballard's final countdown, from empire to dystopia Feb 17, 2008
A few years later, now at King's College, dissecting cadavers in the 1950s Cambridge of Crick and Watson, Ballard decides that "psychoanalysis and Surrealism were a key to the truth about existence and the human person-ality and also a key to myself.". In the battle to make sense of things, the "preposterous society" of England was no help. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Exhibit features Jerry Garcia's art Feb 15, 2008
Myers said Garcia doesn't follow a specific style in his art and includes realism, surrealism and geometric abstraction. A sense of humor and experimentation is also evident in the art, she said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Displaying art Feb 4, 2008
His work ranges from surrealism to very abstract, he says, but is always based on some aspect of his life. Many of his pieces are like clouds appearing different every time they are looked at, he said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
The road to the abstract in Balinese painting Feb 3, 2008
Various styles developed early in the process of modernization, such as surrealism, which concerned itself with elements of dream and fantasy; and expressionism, which sought to listen to the inner voice in order to express feelings through the aesthetics of painting. The geometric influence brought the use of the square, triangle, circle and other geometric shapes to help create a new modern form in abstract painting. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Breton's Surrealist Manifesto arrives in London Jan 30, 2008
A legendary piece of 20th-century art and literary history, Andr Breton's 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, an attempt to define "once and for all" the nature of surrealism, which instead provoked decades of argument, is on display in London ahead of an auction in Paris. The document is Breton's 21-page hand-written manuscript of a text championing dreams, madness and the force of the human imagination over logic, reason and artistic rules - which was also his attempt to seize back control of the... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Great art must be freed from vaults Jan 25, 2008
Painters of whom few will have heard seem derivative, mimicking expressionism, cubism, fauvism, even surrealism. Yet gradually they emerge into the light with a voice of their own. (Guardian Unlimited)
What's On: Galleries Jan 20, 2008
Creative Spirit Art Centre (999 Dovercourt Rd. 416-588-8801): "Wax Works: the brute surrealism of Jai Wax" is on display to Jan. 26. Etobicoke Civic Centre Gallery (399 The West Mall, 416-394-8628): Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada exhibit runs to Jan. 25. (Toronto Star)
The most beautiful modern painting in the world Jan 19, 2008
If Les Demoiselles contains within it the seeds of dada and surrealism and every impulse in modern art to unleash dark forces, Matisse, in the final, 1910 version of Dance, anticipates abstract art, minimalism and every artwork that invites the dismissal: is that all. This sumptuous masterpiece leads to the lights going on and off. (Guardian Unlimited)
Feature story: Visual jazz Jan 18, 2008
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Slusky counts Cubism and Surrealism among his influences. "That's kind of the rock 'n' roll. That's the dance I'm wiggling to," he said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Acknowledging, finally, the work of women artists Jan 18, 2008
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Female nudes in the exhibition include Lotte Laserstein's "The Morning Wash," 1930. Published: January 18, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Oswald' tells story of Disney's start Jan 8, 2008
Maybe you could do as well making your own flipbook - but probably not, for on a closer look Iwerks and his colleagues were doing astonishing things with perspective, narrative, and the breakaway surrealism native to the animator's art. The shorts are full of cognitive leaps fresh with the delight of their own discovery: Oswald plucking a question mark from his own thought balloon to hoist a plane in the air, popping off his own leg to use as a hammer, letting his shadow joust with a villain... (Boston Globe)
Making the Most of Henry Moore Jan 5, 2008
Maybe that he had domesticated Surrealism. Moore took the biomorphic forms of Surrealist sculpture and painting, detached them from associations of shock or disgust, and reconciled them to the long traditions of the human figure. (Time.com)
'Lagerfeld Confidential' sticks to shades of gray Jan 2, 2008
He captures the unbeatable surrealism of attending a live Chanel show. He unearths photos of Lagerfeld as a dark-eyed, dark-haired, full-lipped hunk. (Boston Globe)
Tarble Arts Center exhibits abstracts from its collection Dec 29, 2007
The art presents elements of cubism, surrealism, expressionism, abstract expressionism and other forms of abstraction. Making up the exhibition are works by the nationally recognized artists Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), Lawrence Calcagno (1913-1993), Lee R. Chesney, Jr. (b. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Read Indepth Article Dec 20, 2007
Indian Surrealism: Paintings of Contemporary Indian Aritsts - Aakriti Art Gallery - absolutearts ... " Indian Surrealism: Paintings of Contemporary Indian Aritsts" 2007-12-20 until 2008-01-05 Kolkata, WB, IN India ... Aakriti Art Gallery in Kolkata, India from December 20, 2007 until January 5, 2008 hosts "Indian Surrealism: Paintings by the Contemporary Indian Artists", curated by Professor Sovon Som. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Indian Surrealism: Paintings of Contemporary Indian Aritsts Dec 20, 2007
Aakriti Art Gallery in Kolkata, India from December 20, 2007 until January 5, 2008 hosts "Indian Surrealism: Paintings by the Contemporary Indian Artists", curated by Professor Sovon Som. Surrealism, unlike the art movement in Europe exists in Indian visual-arts contemplation from time immemorial ... The term 'Surrealism' as a common currency now. (AbsoluteArts.com)
ART OF THE ABSURD Dec 16, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007 Last Update: 06:30 AM EST. December 16, 2007 -- Upon closing The Late Hector Kipling" I thought its plot defied summary. Then I remembered that Hector Kipling ably provides one himself:Dad's in hospital, Kirk's in hospital, Sofia's in hospital, I'm having an affair with a sadomasochistic Brooklyn poet, and some stranger who threw horse s - - - all over my painting of his dead father has robbed my parents and sent me the corpse of their dog hidden in the base of a... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Gallery strives to be the place for fine art at the lake Dec 15, 2007
It is an eclectic collection ranging from abstract to realism and even surrealism,' Sturdevant Gallery owner Craig Sturdevant said. Representing dozens of artists from various backgrounds, the gallery provides an aesthetic and cultural experience for art connoisseurs and curious visitors alike. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Christmas, naturally Dec 15, 2007
He has nearly 400 Madonnas, 85 icons and dozens of religious paintings and prints, ranging in style from Renaissance to Surrealism (Dali). Siting in his back room, Mr. Hays is at eye level with the green copper cupola of St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church, which he sometimes attends. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ashlee Goes 'Surreal' For New Video Dec 8, 2007
com, "One of my favorite artists is Salvador Dali. You'll see a little bit of that surrealism in it. There's a bit of 'Being John Malkovich' in there too. It's a little out there," she says with a laugh. "Out of My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" goes to iTunes and other leading digital retailers on Tuesday. (MediaWeek.com)
Muralist says art runs in the family, makes him feel alive Nov 28, 2007
A: "I wanted to do something fairly simple and something to scale with the hands of a farmer supporting the land. ... I'm inspired by artists like Diego Rivera and surrealism. ... I like the emotion that is expressed through surrealism -- the absurdity, just the craziness. Diego Rivera -- his art was meant for the average person, not the elites. It was meant to be viewed by everyone. It was meant to be enjoyed by everyone.". Q: How did you get interested in art. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Rufino Tamayo Nov 24, 2007
Tamayo s fondness for European styles blending Cubism, Surrealism, Fauvism and even the Futurists along with native Mexican influences also did not put him in high regard with The Three. Tamayo generally tried to dismiss his detractors, claiming I am neither the fourth, nor am I great. (Suite101.com)
Georg Baselitz and the destructive impulse Nov 24, 2007
Here, one detects the impact of another movement, Surrealism, which also arose in reaction against established art and ideas in the early 20th century. Surrealism was itself an offshoot of the destructive, anti-establishment art of the absurd promoted by the Frenchman Marcel Duchamp as part of the Dada movement. (International Herald Tribune)
In Search of Lost Time Nov 24, 2007
The Paris art scene, birthplace of Impressionism, Surrealism and other major -isms, has been supplanted, at least in commercial terms, by New York City and London. Auction houses in France today account for only about 8% of all public sales of contemporary art, calculates Alain Quemin, a researcher at France's University of Marne-La-Vall;e, compared with 50% in the U.S. and 30% in Britain. (Time.com)
Breaking the Rules Nov 20, 2007
The term 'avant garde' includes a number of artistic styles, each regarded as a movement in its own right such as Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, Suprematism, Constructivism and Surrealism. The exhibition highlights the common ideas that cross the boundaries of each movement. (Suite101.com)
Artists draw on Colonial past for inspiration Nov 15, 2007
The work glances back to Kurt Schwitters and some of collage's roots in Dada and Surrealism, yet it's fresh and even impertinent. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Hirst is all class, even when the pupils are pickled Nov 14, 2007
"This to me covers surrealism, the history of art, the hanging of meat the whole thing is great.". The film star was salivating over the centrepiece of Damien Hirst's latest art installation-cum-marketing stunt: a 3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art class offers inmates new skills, perspective Nov 11, 2007
The course covers Impressionism, cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, performance art, conceptual art, and contemporary artists. Other inmates sometimes taunt the artists, but many are intrigued, said Michael Duff, an inmate in the class who is serving time for assault. (Boston Globe)
Hirst's latest leaves art world drooling Nov 10, 2007
"This to me covers surrealism, the history of art, the hanging of meat ... the whole thing is great.". The film star was salivating yesterday over the centrepiece of Damien Hirst's latest art installation-cum-marketing stunt: a 12-foot-high tank that contains 10,000 litres of formaldehyde. (Guardian Unlimited)
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Justin's painting style is a combination of realism and surrealism. He enjoys the challenge of painting everyday people and objects with stylized beauty. (El Dorado Times, KS)
The benevolent God of the funny papers Nov 6, 2007
Although Peanuts eschewed the frank surrealism and anti-joke ethic of George Herriman's Krazy Kat - darling art strip of the High Modernists - Schulz early on declared his dedication to modernism's clean line and undramatic voice. His comic sense was influenced by the funny pages and radio shows of his youth, but he was instinctively in tune with a later generation: the subtle anti-authoritarianism of Peanuts dovetailed perfectly with the social revisions of the 1960s, making Schulz a... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
R.B. Kitaj, 74; figurative L.A. painter Oct 24, 2007
Kitaj's early paintings seemed to reflect a fascination with surrealism. His 1958 work "Erasmus," which he regarded as the first picture of "any interest" that he painted in England, is a grid design of heads, one of several works that reflect his admiration of Piet Mondrian. (Los Angeles Times)
