Thanks Grey! if you like this type of art you should check out an artist named Richard Hahn (www.lumakick.com). I've dropped his name before, but this drawing is basically an expansion on some of his ideas. I would definitely describe a lot of his work as surreal.
Jake, I see the similarity to the magritte piece, but I think the similarity is less about surrealism per say, and more about the challenge to the viewer to interpret the image based on the text. Its interesting how the juxtaposition compels the viewer to make connections. surrealims seems to be more about taking reality and distorting it using what could be called dream logic. On the other hand I feel like dreams arent usually surreal in the Dali sense either, and sometimes they are even as abstract as the drawing I posted.
And though I always feel like foucault is saying something interesting, I can never figure out quite what it is without help...
Hey, Shlomo. I was reminded of this piece called "The Key of Dreams" by Magritte. It seems to explore the arbitrary relationship of words to the objects they refer to, but I think there's more being explored about perception and recognition.
The site you sent me to is good, but I don't like the almost obvious references to famous surrealist works. The surrealists themselves never "cited" anything in their painitings so much as they used another work as material for comment. From what I've seen, any famous artwork they'd "reference" would inevitably seem parodied in some wway, even though much more is going on, of course. Eh. Maybe it's just too easy for me to be critical sometimes.
Thanks Grey, now I see the surrealist connection. this is a great magritte that I dont believe I have come across before. I get the sense that this type of piece, similar to the "this is not a pipe" piece are surrealist in the traditional sense. I wonder if there is another name for tis type of artwork. I'm sorry you didnt get into Lumakick so much. I'll reread the selections on the website, perhaps theyre not indicative of the majority of Richard's work. Shlomo
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At 8:24 PM, Grey said…
I really like these Shlomo. I've got a thing for surrealism and this reminds of of it for some reason. Me like.
At 12:55 AM, Shlomo said…
Thanks Grey! if you like this type of art you should check out an artist named Richard Hahn (www.lumakick.com). I've dropped his name before, but this drawing is basically an expansion on some of his ideas. I would definitely describe a lot of his work as surreal.
What surrealist artwork does this remind you of?
At 9:58 AM, Jake said…
I also thought of Surrealists! There's a painting by Rene Magritte, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
See http://www.leninimports.com/renempipe1.jpg
Or even better: http://foucault.info/documents/foucault.thisIsNotaPipe.en.html
and also this piece from Dali: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOnezoom.asp?dep=21&zoomFlag=0&viewmode=0&item=1999%2E363%2E16
At 1:46 PM, Shlomo said…
Jake, I see the similarity to the magritte piece, but I think the similarity is less about surrealism per say, and more about the challenge to the viewer to interpret the image based on the text. Its interesting how the juxtaposition compels the viewer to make connections. surrealims seems to be more about taking reality and distorting it using what could be called dream logic. On the other hand I feel like dreams arent usually surreal in the Dali sense either, and sometimes they are even as abstract as the drawing I posted.
And though I always feel like foucault is saying something interesting, I can never figure out quite what it is without help...
At 5:29 PM, Grey said…
Hey, Shlomo. I was reminded of this piece called "The Key of Dreams" by Magritte. It seems to explore the arbitrary relationship of words to the objects they refer to, but I think there's more being explored about perception and recognition.
The site you sent me to is good, but I don't like the almost obvious references to famous surrealist works. The surrealists themselves never "cited" anything in their painitings so much as they used another work as material for comment. From what I've seen, any famous artwork they'd "reference" would inevitably seem parodied in some wway, even though much more is going on, of course. Eh. Maybe it's just too easy for me to be critical sometimes.
http://www.morris.umn.edu/~merrill/keydreams.jpg
At 10:05 AM, Shlomo said…
Thanks Grey, now I see the surrealist connection. this is a great magritte that I dont believe I have come across before. I get the sense that this type of piece, similar to the "this is not a pipe" piece are surrealist in the traditional sense. I wonder if there is another name for tis type of artwork.
I'm sorry you didnt get into Lumakick so much. I'll reread the selections on the website, perhaps theyre not indicative of the majority of Richard's work.
Shlomo
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