pop surrealism
Pop Surrealism is a very interesting branch of surrealist art that gives a whacky and usually fun modern interpretation to surrealsim which is itself often rather ponderous and foreboding. I (Jeff) quite like it because I paint pop surrealist like work myself. :) Oct 30
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Amsterdam artist Chris Berens is an anomaly in the art world, an expert painter who does not use traditional media (he uses inks on photo paper rather than oils on canvas...and NO digital or photographic elements whatsoever), but creates some of the most compellingly executed, enigmatic, and emotionally resonant paintings seen in a long time. His work features a fantastical mélange of exotic creatures and 18th century imagery, floating in buttermilk colored clouds or silvery sea blues. Photo realistic, totem-like animals and distorted childlike people float like dreams through blurry surrealistic European cityscapes or drift on stormy seas on decrepit ships in a soft focus haze, shimmering as if in a fevered dream.
Roq La Rue Gallery - Pop Surrealism and Underground Contemporary Art