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 03/02/2005 10:36:33 PM · #51
Seems to me that the definition of "Surreal" and "Surrealism" are different. Is this true? At least thats what I got from websters.

Travis
 03/02/2005 10:55:17 PM · #52
BJORK!

A lot of David Lachapelle's work could be considered surreal...
 03/02/2005 11:08:49 PM · #53
Originally posted by typologic:
Originally posted by scuds:


Would u consider this image to be surreal?
It's some sort of ilusion right?
But, still surreal?


It makes me think of Escher, so yes, I consider it surreal.


Escher is NOT surreal. His imagery is based on mathematical logic. Surrealism is the world of the Id, of dreams, of juxtapositions.

Robt.
 03/02/2005 11:13:28 PM · #54
Originally posted by animes2k:
BJORK!

A lot of David Lachapelle's work could be considered surreal...


Thanks for the link to David Lachapelle! I had fun looking at his work!
 03/02/2005 11:35:00 PM · #55
Even though its not photography, he's one of the best surrialists, here is one of Salvador Dali's most famous paintings Surrialism,
 03/02/2005 11:37:12 PM · #56
Woohoo! My kind of challenge! I even have a couple of signed, original Dali prints. ;-)







Message edited by author 2005-03-02 23:38:09.
 03/02/2005 11:40:16 PM · #57
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by typologic:
Originally posted by scuds:


Would u consider this image to be surreal?
It's some sort of ilusion right?
But, still surreal?


It makes me think of Escher, so yes, I consider it surreal.


Escher is NOT surreal. His imagery is based on mathematical logic. Surrealism is the world of the Id, of dreams, of juxtapositions.

Robt.


Well then. I always considered Escher's work to be dreamlike and juxtapositional! But that's just me. *shrugs*
 03/02/2005 11:43:25 PM · #58
Originally posted by scalvert:
Woohoo! My kind of challenge! I even have a couple of signed, original Dali prints. ;-)


Just what we need, a pro in the fishpond...

Robt.
 03/02/2005 11:53:48 PM · #59
i know it sounds hasty but i was #7 wheeeeeehaaaaaaa

now i just need to wait 5 more days and i can start clicking the update button

can't wait.......

but really i had the best day i've ever had today.....maybe it wasn't the best but i ranks way up there only it was cold but man did i get a moment that will never be had again....

_bran(just happy cause my idea worked)do_
 03/03/2005 12:23:22 AM · #60
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Woohoo! My kind of challenge! I even have a couple of signed, original Dali prints. ;-)


Just what we need, a pro in the fishpond...

Robt.


He can only win one ribbon. That leaves one for you and one for me.
(like i stand a chance)

I have an idea on how to do something, technically speaking. Now i just need an idea on what to do it to.
 03/03/2005 12:50:30 AM · #61


Another photo on this site that I thought of when I heard this topic.
 03/03/2005 02:58:18 AM · #62
I'll try to enter this one. If I do, it'll be my first entry.

Too bad we can't enter our older photos (or at least I think that's the rule), or I could some of these:








Except for the first and last picture, I could reshoot any of the others... Or maybe think of something new.
 03/03/2005 04:07:20 AM · #63
Salvador Dali the Painter was the father of surrealism ibelieve. there is a magnificent portrait by an american photogapher which shows him surrounded by floating objects ie easel paints and a flying cat, that photograph has to me been the essence of surrealism.if any one knows the photo maybe it could be posted.
 03/03/2005 06:49:48 AM · #64
Originally posted by scalvert:
Woohoo! My kind of challenge! I even have a couple of signed, original Dali prints. ;-)


Are you sure it's original like in 'actually painted by'? I hate to be a wet blanket, but apparently Dali signed loads of empty sheets towards the end of his life, to be painted in by others in his style.
 03/03/2005 08:03:47 AM · #65
Originally posted by nicoledb:
Originally posted by scalvert:
I even have a couple of signed, original Dali prints. ;-)


Are you sure it's original like in 'actually painted by'?


Yes, they're original- numbered and signed prints.
 03/03/2005 08:16:37 AM · #66
Originally posted by Zoomdak:
Should I just go on a reshoot? lol


NO! You and scalvert and armit go join BradP off in the middle of nowhere.

Shoo!

Clara
 03/03/2005 08:19:49 AM · #67
Originally posted by kiwinick:
Salvador Dali the Painter was the father of surrealism ibelieve. there is a magnificent portrait by an american photogapher which shows him surrounded by floating objects ie easel paints and a flying cat, that photograph has to me been the essence of surrealism.if any one knows the photo maybe it could be posted.


Surrealism was actually an offshoot of the "dada" movement of the early post-WWI years. Guillame Apollinaire is considered the founder of the Surrealist Movement, which was an intellectual movement, not painter-specific. It had its first manifestations in writing, not painting. André Breton was its most famous "leader" in the early days.

Surrealist̢۪s role became to criticize and reject the typical ideas and morals of bourgeois society as a way to revolt against the massive destruction of the war. In the Surrealists̢۪ eyes it was the fault of the bourgeois and their system that lead up to the war and its casualties on all sides. George Melly in his book Paris and the Surrealists described Surrealism as, "The child of Victorian romanticism, no matter how rebellious."(81) The Surrealist were in direct revolt with all the nineteenth century ideals: in response to the war they became anti-patriotic, anti-nationalistic, and non-political; they believed society was entirely too reason based and ignored the creative side; and they became anti-family in revolt to typical bourgeois values. Additionally, Surrealists brought into question the assumption that progress is good. Most of their early art attempted to instill a sense of nostalgia which is eveident in the novels writen about Paris. They were violently anti-clerical, going as far as to call the Pope a dog.10 They also protested colonialism and hoped for the success of the rebels against the western culture. Eluard wrote, "The peoples struggling for their independence will soon perceive they are capable of overthrowing their masters...The taste of Liberty will develop in fighting for it...The white man is only a corpse stinking in the nose of a yellow man."11 Influenced heavily by Freud, the Surrealists attacked their parents and society̢۪s value system. The Republicanism that was the stabilizing factor throughout nineteenth century was essentially divided into two extremist positions in France during the time period between the two wars. It is also important to note the change from the Dadaist's stance of nihilism to that of anarchy. During the 1920's Surrealism came to stand for revolt against society and the "norm."

Artistss who embraced Surrealism include Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Jean Arp, Alberto Giacommeti, Marcel Duchamp, Rene magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst and Joan Miro, among many others. Salvador Dali, of course, is perhaps the most famous "surtrealist" as far as the public goes, but he was neither a founder nor a leader of the movement, and his work met with mixed reviews from critics and the intelligentsia. He was a relentless self-promoter, and his fame was as much about himself as his work.

Look up some of Man Ray's stuff, he was an American surrealist and did a lot of photography.

Robt.
 03/03/2005 08:21:46 AM · #68
Originally posted by blemt:
Originally posted by Zoomdak:
Should I just go on a reshoot? lol


NO! You and scalvert and armit go join BradP off in the middle of nowhere.

Shoo!

Clara


Clara, get your butt up here RIGHT NOW; I have a great idea where we can collaborate on a separate-but-equal DPC-specific surrealist photo and submit what amount to mirrored images to the challenge. Those dudes don't have a chance...

Robt.
 03/03/2005 08:40:10 AM · #69
Originally posted by bear_music:
Clara, get your butt up here RIGHT NOW


I live closer.... ;-)
 03/03/2005 09:32:27 AM · #70
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Clara, get your butt up here RIGHT NOW


I live closer.... ;-)


I live further.
03/03/2005 09:39:25 AM · #71
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Clara, get your butt up here RIGHT NOW


I live closer.... ;-)


Good, go take his idea and give me yours. Make all of your fantastic props, set them up, and then I'll drive over and shoot it with your company's 20D. ;)
 03/03/2005 09:44:39 AM · #72
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Clara, get your butt up here RIGHT NOW


I live closer.... ;-)


How close?

Robt.
 03/03/2005 09:50:16 AM · #73
Originally posted by bear_music:
How close?


I'm 200 miles from Hyannis.
 03/03/2005 10:04:50 AM · #74
Puts you about 220 from me. Coming? (Airs out the spare bedroom and makes a shopping list for some good food...)

Robt.
 03/03/2005 10:04:52 AM · #75
*sob* And I have to work every day between now and Sunday night!
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