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Attack of the Surrealists
After MUSIC, my 2nd love is ART/GRAPHIC DESIGN.
Okay… maybe 3rd… after MUSIC and GIRLS. Haha.
There’s always something exhilarating about discovering a piece of art that can take my breath away. My heart beats just that little bit faster, my eyes start to pore over every beautiful detail and I’m often filled with a whole sense of envy & awe. Among all the art movements, Surrealism stands firmly as my favourite.
Perhaps it’s the whole creative philosophy of eschewing real rules — just sheer self expression bound only by the artist’s imagination — that completely excites me and sends tingles of inspiration through me. Surrealism is supposed to represent the rawest form of thought expression; the real way humans think. I like to call it “train of thought” art. It is a no-holds-barred artform that completely encourages free-flow/freestyle displays and oftentimes is accompanied with a cheekily defiant middle-finger pointed proudly!
I’m a real believer of dreams. I always try to remember all the quirky, sad, happy, sexy, ugly or even disturbing shit that plays inside my mental cinema while I’m asleep. Whenever I wake up after a particularly memorable dream, I often try to interpret it in my music or jot it down in a .txt file. It’s too bad I can’t paint or draw to save my life!
Anyway, there’s nothing that comes close to representing sub-conscious visions more than Surrealist art. I’m a big fan of the technicolour dream-like images of Salvador Dalí (of course!) to the mathematical graphic conundrums of M.C. Escher (okay, technically he’s not a Surrealist but he sure is good at mindfucking!)
I wish my dreams looked like these! (Click to view)
Okay, besides dead surrealists there are also some modern artists that really blow my mind. Though not surrealist in the most classical sense but they truly bring pop-culture and surrealism into a delectable fusion. Two of my favourites are the incomparable Mark Ryden and Ray Caesar. Check out just a small fraction of their works below…
I got carried away there, didn’t I? Heh.
Ahh…such twisted beauty. Anyway kids, hope you enjoyed the eye candy!
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