Tag Archives: Surrealism

When Dali Met Disney

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

Destino is an animated short film released in 2003 by Walt Disney Feature Animation. What makes this short animated film noteworthy is that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion in 2003. The project was … Continue reading →

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Encyclopedia of a world that does not exist

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

Over the years, I have run across a number of versions of the weird and wonderful Codex Seraphinianus. Along with English and French edtions, I have also seen an original Italian version from 1981. It’s difficult to catagorize this fascinating surreal fictionalized … Continue reading →

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Why a Duck

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

I first discovered the dreamy near Surrealist paintings of the Belgian artist Paul Delvaux at the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels many decades ago. I was particularly drawn to his works on trains and train stations. Delvaux was … Continue reading →

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As above, So below

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Dutch artist and printmaker Jaco Putker uses both traditional and digital methods to produce his surreal images. He usually works with photopolymer, or solar plate, etching. This allows him to create photo-realistic depictions. His finished pieces are at once amusing … Continue reading →

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Summarizing Literature

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Surrealist Sunday

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

From French Surrealist writer and artist Gisèsle Prassinos’s early collection La Sauterelle arthritique (The Arthritic Grasshopper).  

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The Mind Loves The Unkown

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown since meaning of the mind is itself unknown.”

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Scandal at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

As I have probably mentioned a few times, one of my favorite places in Philly is the amazing Philadelphia Museum of Art. In fact, I usually drag every out of town visitor there whether they express any interest in going … Continue reading →

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Not A Readymade, But Dada Enough For Me

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

New York City-based artist Benjamin Nordsmark’s piece titled ‘NYC Urinal’ is a timely homage to Marcel Duchamp on the centennial of his groundbreaking work ‘fountain’. Although the witty piece isn’t a Dada-esque Readymade, it certainly celebrates the sprit of the movement.

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You Know It When You’ve Earned It

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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