A sad and unfortunate event had occured last June, I lost someone who was like a mother to me, my Grandmother. A few days later after her death I had a dream she came down from heaven and I shared a few moments with her. For some reason I remember that dream perfectly, which I'm grateful for. With that said, for my surrealistic theme, I'm going to base it on the dream I had with my grandmother. I'm going to be in my room on my bed, and a section of the ceiling will be clouds with gates opening up with rays coming down. She'll be in the figure of an angel coming down smiling.
March 28, 2011
March 24, 2011
Surrealism: Traditional vs. Digital
Salvador Domenec Felip Jacint Dalí Domenech also known as “Salvador Dali” was born on May 11, 1904 in Catalonia, Spain. He was a very productive artist, creating 1500 paintings during his lifetime. Dali understood how the media worked and used it to its full potential in his work. He traveled to many different parts of the world where he studied and expanded his artwork. Unfortunately, Salvador Dali had a falling out with the Surrealists over politics and his behavior. He was given the nick name “Avida Dollars” which means greedy for dollars and was expelled from the Surrealist movement. He then moved to the states where he became a great success, he spent 8 years in America before he moved back to Spain. Dali understood how to attract media attention; he basically paved the way for artists such as Andy Warhol. To this day his work is still auctioned off at increasingly high prices.
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| Artist's Name: Salvador Dali Title: The Persistence of Memory Date: 1931 |
Description: The setting for this piece looks rather bleak. There are many dropped clocks which can conclude the theme is time. There are no features in the sky, any clouds, sun or birds. In the upper right there is a rocky cliff. Because of the yellowish light near the horizon we can tell that it is either late afternoon or early morning. There are very few objects in the painting, which don't quite make sense. There's a box like figure, there are three watches, what looks like a dead bird, a tree trunk, and an orangey round figure. There are many things in this painting that seem not to have any meaning or significance.
Analysis: Everything looks real in the painting, yet it cannot be real of course. This is a perfect example of Surrealism, because in this piece it's a combination of both imagination and reality. When I look at this painting automatically, my focus is on the watches and there odd appearances.
Interpretation: When I look at this painting I don't really understand what its supposed to mean. The only thing I could possibly make it out is time runs slowly. When I searched the internet to get a better understanding of what this could all mean, it said the melting of the clocks are actually a combination of clocks and cheese. Dali once said, the mind and time are like cheese that are full of holes, meaning there unreliable. In this painting it percieves memory as decieving.
Analysis: Everything looks real in the painting, yet it cannot be real of course. This is a perfect example of Surrealism, because in this piece it's a combination of both imagination and reality. When I look at this painting automatically, my focus is on the watches and there odd appearances.
Interpretation: When I look at this painting I don't really understand what its supposed to mean. The only thing I could possibly make it out is time runs slowly. When I searched the internet to get a better understanding of what this could all mean, it said the melting of the clocks are actually a combination of clocks and cheese. Dali once said, the mind and time are like cheese that are full of holes, meaning there unreliable. In this painting it percieves memory as decieving.
Judgement: When all's said and done, I think Dali was very successful in this traditional piece of surrealism. It completely define what surrealism is and what it should be. Looking at this painting, there can be 1,000 explanations as to what is going on, and what everything means. Giving me and anyother audience the oppurtunity to explore there imagination.
George Grie was one of the first digital neo-surrealists artists. He was born on May 14, 1962 in Russia. He's a graduate from a special School of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1985 he graduated from the State University with a BFA and BDes, and began to experiment with modern surrealism and photo realism techniques. He was invovled in the Free Artist Fellowship movement, various group and personal, domestic and international exhibitions. In 1989 he had his first international exhibitition at Mistral Gallery, London where he presented his neo surrealistic paintings and drawings. He studied digital art and multimedia design and transformed from traditional fine art to computer digital art. Today, he is 48 years of age, and continues to be a successful artist.
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| Artist: George Grie Title: Requiem or "Music Set You Free" Date: 2010 |
Analysis: When I look at this picture, the first thing that catches my eye is the church in the sky. Then I look at the piano on the shore. Basically, my focus is in the center of the picture.
Interpretation: Based on the title, the main idea is death. Requiem is a catholic church service in memory of someone. The dark clouds represent death, and the piano represents music in a church, for that memorial. The reason there is a blotch of light, is because the music will set you free. Taking you out of the darkness and into your Utopia.
Judgement: When I was searching for a modern piece of surrealism, this one caught my eye right off the bat. To me, it makes perfect sense and everything is so in sync. But, it only makes sense if you understand the title, otherwise your interpretation would be a whole lot different. When I first looked at the piece I saw the church and the piano, but looking more closely there is a lot of small details that give away the meaning of the picture as a whole.
Both pieces are very successful, but of course they are two different styles. In Dali's work the piece is very vague, it doesn't go into a lot of depth with details. And it's a little harder to make sense of it. The piece as a whole is very basic, but the background is extremely simple and bland. Giving all your attention on the objects in the foreground. Of course, Dali's work is a painting where as Grie' work is digital photography and a use of a lot of editing. Grie uses a lot of detail, from the dark skies transforming into a bright sky, the ocean, the crash of the waves onto the shore, and the piano. What's comparable of both pieces is they both use a dark to light theme. In Dali's piece it is quite dark on the bottom left corner, and gets brighter as you work your way to the left. In Grie's piece, a majority of the photograph is dark, but gets brighter in the middle right. In my opinion they were both extremely succesful in portraying the Surrealistic theme.
Interpretation: Based on the title, the main idea is death. Requiem is a catholic church service in memory of someone. The dark clouds represent death, and the piano represents music in a church, for that memorial. The reason there is a blotch of light, is because the music will set you free. Taking you out of the darkness and into your Utopia.
Judgement: When I was searching for a modern piece of surrealism, this one caught my eye right off the bat. To me, it makes perfect sense and everything is so in sync. But, it only makes sense if you understand the title, otherwise your interpretation would be a whole lot different. When I first looked at the piece I saw the church and the piano, but looking more closely there is a lot of small details that give away the meaning of the picture as a whole.
Both pieces are very successful, but of course they are two different styles. In Dali's work the piece is very vague, it doesn't go into a lot of depth with details. And it's a little harder to make sense of it. The piece as a whole is very basic, but the background is extremely simple and bland. Giving all your attention on the objects in the foreground. Of course, Dali's work is a painting where as Grie' work is digital photography and a use of a lot of editing. Grie uses a lot of detail, from the dark skies transforming into a bright sky, the ocean, the crash of the waves onto the shore, and the piano. What's comparable of both pieces is they both use a dark to light theme. In Dali's piece it is quite dark on the bottom left corner, and gets brighter as you work your way to the left. In Grie's piece, a majority of the photograph is dark, but gets brighter in the middle right. In my opinion they were both extremely succesful in portraying the Surrealistic theme.
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