In today's Research: Context lecture we spoke about
Surrealism and it's concepts. I found it really interesting that most
art movements have a birth, peak, and then drop in popularity and
uptake, however Surrealism changes, shifts, and grows but hasn't faded
in prominence over the years.
In the seminar we were
presented with Salvador Dali's work, and found that although his
paintings often depicted estranged and unusual imagery, the actual
visual style itself was highly representative, with little emphasis on brush stroke or experimenting with the media, instead favouring crisp detail and form. For these reasons I found
it similar in some senses to the greyscale piece I had created of the
lion with a shell horn from a collage in my IMAGE workshops of Ba1a.
Just as Dali uses different concepts, symbols and shapes to compose his
paintings and express concepts, I combined two unrelated images in a way
which made them relative, and also gave additional credence.
Once
I felt this parallel between his work and my own I decided to research
futher into his work and surrealism in general. Due to it's emphasis on
symbolism, which is often naturally derived, many of the concepts I wish
to talk about in my work could also be covered in surrealist ways.
Dali's work often discussed nature and science in conjunction, a theme I
have often enjoyed exploring. I think my own practice could be expanded
by looking into this movement and potentially starting to develop some
work in response.
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