Surrealism
Various Commercials 1950s and 1960s
A few observations.
* Nowadays, to our shortened attention spans, sixty seconds feels like WAR AND PEACE.
* Is that the voice of Orson Welles for American gasoline?
* Why is the narration for the Coke stewardess ad a hybrid of THE TWILIGHT ZONE and DRAGNET?
* This was surely the apex of pop surrealism in advertising.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 09, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Surrealism, 1950s, 1960s
Jan Švankmajer’s “Lunch”
Creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 02, 2021 -
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Category: Food, Movies, Surrealism, 1990s, Eating
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 34
Walter Quirt (1902–1968), "The Future Is Ours" (1935)
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 29, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #498
This is a fine example of pushing a metaphor to the point of absurd surrealism.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 29, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Miniature People in Ads, Television, Surrealism, 1950s
Haas Brothers Art
A long article here.Their homepage.
An account of their 2014 exhibit.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 27, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Pop Art, Surrealism, Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Sexuality
The Art of Yinka Shonibare
The artist's homepage, with many more photos.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 24, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, Surrealism, Statues and Monuments, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, United Kingdom
The Singing Wastebaskets
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 07, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Surrealism, Junk Food, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
To Be Alive
Moments of surreal or bizarre imagery in a nice little film about enjoying life.
One weird addendum: you are seeing only one-third of the film. The film was meant to run on three screens simultaneously, with different imagery on each screen, although sometimes, I think, they synchronized.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 15, 2020 -
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Category: Movies, Documentaries, Philosophy, Surrealism, 1960s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 30
The Wikipedia page of the artist.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 14, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Twentieth Century
Help, I’m a Rock!
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 08, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Nature, Avant Garde, Surrealism, 1960s
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