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Erik Johansson (born April 1985) is a Swedish artist based in Prague who creates surreal images by combining photographic elements and other materials into surreal scenes. [2] [3] [4] He combines images to create what looks like a real photograph, but creates logical inconsistencies to impart an effect of surrealism.
Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, 1921. The word surrealism was first coined in March 1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire. [10] He wrote in a letter to Paul Dermée: "All things considered, I think in fact it is better to adopt surrealism than supernaturalism, which I first used" [Tout bien examiné, je crois en effet qu'il vaut mieux adopter surréalisme que surnaturalisme que j'avais d'abord employé].
John's Diner with John's Chevelle, 2007 John Baeder, oil on canvas, 30×48 inches. Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium.
Art critics today work not only in print media and in specialist art magazines as well as newspapers. Art critics appear also on the internet, TV, and radio, as well as in museums and galleries. [1] [82] Many are also employed in universities or as art educators for museums. Art critics curate exhibitions and are frequently employed to write ...
Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature uses numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of conscious control. The importance of the unconscious as a source of inspiration is central to the nature of surrealism.
Biographer Brad Gooch's "Radiant" reveals how much life and creativity artist Keith Haring packed into 31 years before he died of AIDS.
There is no official list of art critics, the compilation of which is compounded by problems in defining art criticism – not least of which is the overlap with art history, [1] and philosophy of art. Herein will be included those authors that are mentioned as being art critics or producing art criticism in works of reference, as are ...
Kamala Harris’ cover shoot for Vogue is drawing chatter online — as critics note that the image of the Democratic presidential nominee appears to be heavily airbrushed. The Condé Nast-owned ...