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Tag Archives: Surrealism
The Abject – it’s not just about poo, blood, and body bits
What does abject mean? According to the oracle of words and their meanings (the dictionary) it means: extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading or experienced to the maximum degree. This makes me think of Embarrassing Bodies. Why do I (and others … Continue reading
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Tagged Acconci, Artaud, Chadwick, Chapman Brothers, Chicago, Dadaism, Duchamp, Kelly, Kristeva, Lucas, Schneemann, Serrano, Sherman, Smith, Surrealism, Wilke
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My fellow students’ isms (in brief) – Part Three
Spatialism This was a post-World War II movement founded by Italian artist Lucio Fontana. It represented a move away from mere painting as an art form, it aimed to synthesize colour, sound, space, movement and time into a new type … Continue reading
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Tagged Cézanne, Courbet, Dali, Degas, Expressionism, Fontana, Hunt, Kandinsky, Manet, Millet, Munch, Orientalism, Post-Impressioinism, Ray, Realism, Spatialism, Surrealism, Van Gogh
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Other collectors worth a mention – from my fellow arty students
In today’s tutorial we discussed the various ‘collectors’ we had researched for homework and some interesting people and their take on collecting came up from my fellow students’ research, which I think is worth sharing here. Laura Was and Adam Echstrom Collaborative artists, … Continue reading