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Tag Archives: Surrealism
finding beauty in the abysmal
…the classic flower in the dustbin… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) THIS is the first punk poster i ever saw. i was attending western washington state college (now, ‘university’) in bellingham, washington. it was 1978 and i was a student trying … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged american trash culture, Dada, frank edie, franko posters, French Situationist, fruitland famine band, jamie reid situationist, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, jello biafra, modernism, penelope houston, punk rock movement, Sex Pistols, supergraphics, Surrealism, Ted Bundy, The Dead Kennedys, The Rocket, the rocket newspaper, western washington state college
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kahlo: sensuous transmutation and visionary longing
Undaunted. Defiant. Frida Kahlo is the textbook case of suffering for her art and transforming that suffering into art. Still, after all these years, her reputation seems to absorb new strands of thought which only augment the interest and intrigue … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged a.m. klein, Andre Breton, Andy Warhol, Antonin Artaud, Diego Rivera, Donald Kuspit, Elizabeth Murray, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, jose domingo lavin, leo eloesser, Leon Trotsky, Louise Bourgeois, marilyn oshman, mary garrard, natalia sedova, Pablo Picasso, Robert Lepage, Sigmund Freud, Surrealism
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the dream of the idea: fantasy behind the illusion
It was a time when the world was going terribly wrong. A look at the art of A.M. Cassandre…. by Art Chantry( art@artchantry.com) : This is the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, September 15th, 1939. the cover is by A.M. Cassandre. … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged a.m. cassandre, alexey brodovitch, american editorial illustration, Andre Breton, art chantry, graphic design, harper's bazaar, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Raoul Dufy, Rene Magritte, Salvador dali, Surrealism
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Gaudi addicted to an ecstasy of modernismo
Antoni Gaudi. He was the great outsider of modern architecture. He was likely both an inspired freak and the creator of an emotional, organic style. A supreme artist. …. The spread of the dates of his major works and the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Andre Breton, Antoni Gaudi, Art Nouveau, Brassai photographs, Daniel Giralt-Miracle, Gaudi, Guimard, Hector Guimard, Jackson Pollock, Salvador dali, Surrealism
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hollow figures: surreal importance
“The hollow figure of a human head…” is the way one dictionary defines a mask. But surely there must be more to it. What unkind fate has kept us from using masks in our own time? Why do we continue … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Donald Ellis Gallery, Enrico Donati, George Gustav Heye, Hunter Gorinson, James Adams, James Ensor, Jenna Cederberg, Judith H.Dobrzynski, Julius Carlebach, Laura Allsop, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Rosalind E. Krauss, Surrealism, Valery Oisteanu, Yves Tanguy
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MIRO & CONSTELLATIONS: Looking For Signs From Above
In the realm of art, Joan Miro’s earliest and most lasting impression was provided by the frescoes of medieval Catalonia. Of course, Hell and the Apocalypse were the favorite themes of these artists. We meet men sizzling in the cauldron, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Antonio Gaudi, Art Nouveau Rene Lalique, Caroll Dunham, Carolyn Lancher, Dan Cameron, Donald Fagen, Donald Kuspit, George Condo Harvest, Hal Foster, Joan Miro, Jody Enders, Louise Bourgeois, Marina Carlson, Mary Ann Caws, Rosalind Krauss, Salvador dali, Steely Dan, Surrealism, Vincent of Kastav, Willard Bohn
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AS SURREAL AS YOU CAN FEEL:Wrong Moon Fever
Barking up the wrong moon? It would be more exact to say that through surrealism, Joan Miro discovered himself. It was as if he suddenly had heard spoken aloud the thoughts he had not even dared to formulate in silence. … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Andre masson, Donald Kuspit, Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miro, Lionello Venturi, Louis Aragon, Marc Chagall, Nick Drake, Pablo Picasso, Paul Eluard, Rosalind Krauss, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, Surrealism
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CHANCE MEETING: COLLAGE OF THE INVERTED OEDIPUS
Chance. A roll of the dice within that casino located in that vast structure of the human mind. The roulette wheel stops, the cards are flipped, the chips rise and fall.Chance is what arises from that volatile unpredictable mix of … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Art
Tagged Andre Breton, Balmer, Dada Movement, Dadaists, David Hopkins, Donald Kuspit, Dostoevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Quinn, Elizabeth Legge, Giorgio de Chirico, Ingres, Jean Paulhan, John Milton Paradise Lost, Jose Maria Faerne, Jules Verne, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Otto Dix, Paul Auster, Paul Eluard, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, Stuart Nolan, Surrealism, Werner Spies
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