Ceramics and Sculpture Surreal Ceramics

- Founded in 1924 by a French doctor, André Breton. Surrealism - Founded in 1924 by a French doctor, André Breton. - A controversial movement in art and literature between the two World Wars in which the artist attempted to portray, express, or interpret the workings of the subconscious mind. - Surrealist works can have a realistic, though irrationally style, precisely describing dreamlike fantasies.

Surrealist Methods Many of the artists used a method of techniques, such as automatic writing, self-induced hallucinations, and word games like the exquisite corpse, to study and uproot their latent feelings and behaviors as a cure for what they believed to be the restrictive rules and morals of society. Surrealists were interested in exposing truths of the inner worlds of sexuality, desire, and violence.

Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory 1931 Trees are dead, soft clocks melting, he did this by watching cheese melt off a table, the fly on the ants, the dali melting, boneless and impatent aspect of him Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory 1931

Max Ernst Surrealism and Painting 1942 Biomorphic What he sees as fantasitcal or geometric surrealism on the side Associates himself with the bird- writes that he has been resesitated after the war and can be seen as a bird Max Ernst Surrealism and Painting 1942

Dorothea Tanning Ein klein nachtmusik 1946 One of her more famous images A little night of music, lullaby, calm, soothing?.... There is a contrast between the actual piece of music These girls walking in a hotel hallway, doors closed and then the open one at the end The flower which has climbed up the staircase The girls are strange, their hair, the clothes falling off, strange coloration of the hair= one who is almost green in color Freud wrote the uncanning to reference eta hoffmann’s short stories ie. The nutcracker…. Things happen that don’t happen in real life Hoffmann’s stories where men fall in love with dolls- this could reference a doll with the girl in the blonde… the exposed hairline Freudians writing is here Freud writes about the doppleganger= the twin Tanning- Integrates the natural world with the dreamscape, uses them in a sinister quality Dorothea Tanning Ein klein nachtmusik 1946

Disney and Dali, destino

Surrealists sculptors Sergei Isupov: (1963- ) -Often called an erotic Surrealist for his daring representations of sexuality, relationships, and human encounter. -Isupov takes narrative subject matter and merges it with ceramic sculptural form. -Integration of two-dimensional imagery, with three-dimensional form. -Unexpected illustrations act like private thoughts and dreams of the subconscious mind. - “Isupov’s sculptures communicate thoughtful expressions, and personal stories worn on the surface of their skin.” http://www.ferringallery.com/dynamic/artist_bio.asp?artistID=10

Michael Lucero: (1976-1995) -Influenced by New Mexico’s exotic landscape, flora, animals and indigenous cultures -Incorporates his infatuation of animals, insects, reptiles and amphibians, which sparked at a young age Integration of two-dimensional imagery, with three-dimensional form with combinations of human/animal, culture/nature, architecture/organism “One cannot but help getting a distinct feeling of surrealism here. The fantastic images Lucero paints on his forms seem to spring from the sub-conscious and speak to sub-conscious strands of the viewers mind.”

One cannot but help getting a distinct feeling of surrealism here One cannot but help getting a distinct feeling of surrealism here. The fantastic images Lucero paints on his forms seem to spring from the sub-conscious and speak to sub-conscious strands of the viewers mind.