It also shows
the legacy of surrealism in contemporary art, and the ongoing potency of the Narcissus myth to artists.
His work poses questions and sets out manifestos, exploring
the legacy of surrealism, through bold abstract paintings and texts.
Featuring new and recent work by six artists from the UK, US, and France — Jonathan Baldock, Genesis Belanger, Matthew Hansel, Matt Lipps, Theo Mercier, and Adam Parker Smith — the exhibition reflects on
the legacy of surrealism in contemporary art while investigating the notion of the uncanny in reference to the history of art.
The artist also refers to
the legacy of surrealism: in her combination of forms and materials, and through the use of language in the titling.
The exhibition will particularly address the ways in which Lucas engages with
the legacy of surrealism — from her clever transformations of everyday objects to her exploration of sexual ambiguity and the tension between the familiar and the disorienting or absurd.
Not exact matches
Don Van Vliet injects those
legacies with his own unique vision, a kind
of homespun
surrealism born
of the lore
of the American desert and the artist's own inspired visions, alternately whimsical and nightmarish.
A bit raunchy and without doubt a guilty pleasure for the eyes, Tasset's Hot Dog Man (2011) is a mash - up tribute to famous irreverent cartoonists like Basil Wolverton and Don Martin as well as the
legacy of the psychedelia and
surrealism as it extends through modern art.