Each of the artworks has a rather ironical title to coincide with it, further grounding
the pieces in surrealism.
Not exact matches
But there is also a meticulously realistic modernism that carefully reproduces
pieces of the world out there, but
in such fashion as either to tell a story that is impossible
in the world, as
in surrealism, or to alienate the depicted reality altogether from our quest for coherence.
-- Pixel Related (9/10) All clearly inspired by the nightmarish flesh - stretching
surrealism of HR Giger with occasional hellscapes
in the style of Hieronymus Bosch, Tormentumis never less than amazing to look at and the push to see the next
piece of f *** ed - up artwork is what drove me on through the game the most.
As the youngest artist to present at the Whitney Biennial
in 2006 (he was 25 at the time), Trecartin's first major work, A Family Finds Entertainment, has since become a seminal
piece of video art; it's hyperactive pace and kitsch
surrealism are now iconic (the word «Trecartin-esque» is a surprisingly common art - world adjective).
Many of the same motifs that repeat throughout artist's oeuvre appear
in the
pieces here (apples, eggs, and a prison window), further demonstrating Gober's penchant for using
surrealism to toy with meaning.
The collection covers abstract expressionism, geometric art, constructivism, conceptual art, optical art and
pieces influenced by
surrealism and pop art,
in addition to works dating from the last few decades.
While his works have often been compared to those from other key figures of the pop art movement, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Rosenquist's
pieces were unique
in the way that they often employed elements of
surrealism using fragments of advertisements and cultural imagery to emphasize the overwhelming nature of ads.
Conceptualizing artwork that bridges the strong tradition of imagery
in Chicago and his own style of
surrealism, Lee Grantham creates energetic
pieces that are painted
in reverse on plexiglass.