Surrealism fascinates me, and has done so since I first visited the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fl about 6/7 years ago. I was drawn in by its ability to confuse, surprise and make my brain ache. It's straight up wacky and keeps me totally captivated. Before that visit I had an interest in art (did the whole art college thing, always enjoyed going to galleries and drawing since and early age) but it didn't move me to the point where I could confidently say, "I'm really into that because...", and therefore a lot of it just went over my head.
In a funny way
Surrealism helped me start to understand and appreciate other movements and art forms, it made me look at subjects differently and challenged my regular reaction of disregarding something simply because I "didn't like it".
I've said it before but
Dali, you blummin' genius. After the visit I started to obsess over his life and work, even those weird chocolate commercials he did!
I came across
Kevin Corrado's take on surrealism when doing my daily online search.
His photography jumped out at me for having a whimsical quality, and in a strange way, being quite calming (even though each subject could be viewed as sinister). These are not qualities which I normally associate with the likes of
Dali,
Magritte and
Kush, but then again the Surrealism movement taught me to question my preconceptions.
Art isn't a subject that crops up much on here anymore but I'd love to heard what you're all currently into, have you been to any good exhibitions or galleries lately?
See
more artwork here.
