Salvador Dalí & Surrealism

Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to “resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality”. The Surrealist artists sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination. Disdaining rationalism and literary realism, and powerfully influenced by psychoanalysis, the Surrealists believed the rational mind repressed the power of the imagination, weighting it down with taboos. Influenced also by Karl Marx, they hoped that the psyche had the power to reveal the contradictions in the everyday world and spur on revolution. Their emphasis on the power of personal imagination puts them in the tradition ofRomanticism, but unlike their forbears, they believed that revelations could be found on the street and in everyday life. The Surrealist impulse to tap the unconscious mind, and their interests in myth and primitivism, went on to shape many later movements, and the style remains influential to this today.

Salvador Dali

Dali is known to be a famous Surrealist and depicting this theme through his paintings and other art works. Most of his works show a sort of dream sequence which he often draws hallucinatory characters. His major contribution to the Surrealist movement is called the “Paranoiac-Critical Method” which is a form of mental exercise of accessing the subconscious parts of the mind to have an artistic inspiration. He used this method to realize the dreams and imagination ha have in his mind, changing the real world the way he wanted and not necessarily what it was.

Peter Max, Andy Warhol & Pop Art

Pop Art

 

This movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war society. It was most prominent in American art but soon spread to Britain. In celebrating everyday objects such as soup cans, washing powder, comic strips and soda pop bottles, the movement turned the commonplace into icons. Pop Art is a direct descendant of Dadaism in the way it mocks the established art world by appropriating images from the street, the supermarket, the mass media, and presents it as art in itself.

Peter Max and Andy Warhol

One iconic artist of Art Pop is Peter Max. One of the most famous of all living artist’s, Peter Max is also a pop culture icon. His bold colors, uplifting images and an uncommon artistic diversity have touched almost every phase of American culture and has inspired many generations. Peter Max has painted for six U.S. Presidents and his art is on display in Presidential Libraries and in U.S. Embassies. Max has painted our Lady Liberty annually since America’s Bicentennial and in 2000 a collage of his Liberties adorned over 145 million Verizon phone books.

Another iconic artist of Art Pop is Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol became a household name appearing on television, mingling with the rich and famous as well as becoming a lightning rod for the underground. Between making films, writing and performing he was first and foremost an artist, the paintbrush being just one of the tools with which he captured and changed American culture. While Pop artists and their immediate forebears (Rauschenberg, Rivers, Johns) introduced novel popular subject matter into fine arts, it was the rightness of Warhol’s images (a combination of his silkscreen’s photographic literalness and the oracular power of his subjects) that helped put an end to the virtual dominance of American abstract painting and posited an entirely new set of possibilities. Ultimately, Warhol’s importance as an artist has to do with his particular insight into choice of subject and choice of technique. His work presents images of products of twentieth century mass-culture. He appropriated images generated by commercial methods of reproduction and technique allowing Warhol to create art that retroactively made his appropriated images globally Known. His art has become etched in our own experience of pop culture.

1980s

Color Palettes

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This era was all about major changes both industrial and economic. Pac Man video games, Walkman radios, boom boxes and personal computers coincided with the end of the Cold War, hard rock, heavy metal and ‘glam rock’ music with the bizarre makeup and glitter and – the ultimate luxury – carpet in the bathroom and toilet. Women had big hair, even bigger shoulder pads in their ‘power dress’ suits and casual clothing embraced ripped jeans, crop top sweatshirts, neon bright clothing, leg warmers and head bands lots of lyrca and Aviator sun glasses.

Fashion

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In the early 1980s, women preferred soft fabrics and neutral colors. It was almost as if color was the enemy and beige was the only option. Don’t get us wrong; brown, tan and pale orange were in style as well. The neon that made 1980s fashion so famous had yet to become the norm. Around that time most every woman owned a turtleneck or six, and scarves made a huge comeback in the early 80s. Silk blouses were all the rage throughout the entire decade. Pants were a very popular option for all women, and many styles were sold. Denim jeans were hot, arriving in styles with wild bleaching, dyeing and even some really expensive designer jeans came with pre-made holes in them. This very fact made youth fashion the butt of many jokes with the older set. Most dress pants were high-waisted, pleated and snug fitting.

Cars

Certainly one of the most unique vehicles ever made, the DeLorean DMC-12 is an enigma in the annals of automotive history. Conceived, designed, and engineered by some of the greatest minds in the industry, it’s perhaps most famous for stealing the show in Back to the Future. But in reality, it faced egregious delays in the production process, its performance was seriously lacking compared to its price tag, and sales were so dismal that the DeLorean ranks near the ill-fated Edsel and Aztek in the list of automotive disasters. Still, it has a cult following so immense that even today, you can buy brand-new DeLoreans made from leftover parts from 1982.

Interior

Southwestern

One major interior trend was Southwestern. This 80’s South-western room flourished on shades of mauve and turquoise. Native American themes on textiles and staircase step-edged furniture accomplished the vibe. When these 1980’s interior décor styles are looked at it is often considered “outdated.” Hipsters have applauded its references and patterns at the realms of music and fashion.

Celebrities

The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops reinventing herself, Madonna is a seven-time Grammy Award-winner who has sold over three hundred million records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. Her film career, however, is another story. Her performances have consistently drawn scathing or laughable reviews from film critics, and the films have usually had tepid, if any, success at the box office. Born Madonna Louise Ciccone in August 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, she is the daughter of Madonna Louise Fortin and Silvio Ciccone, an engineer designer for car companies. Her father was of Italian descent (from a family from Pacentro) and her mother was of French-Canadian ancestry. She moved to New York in 1978 and studied with renowned choreographerAlvin Ailey, joined up with the Patrick Hernandez Revue, formed a pop/dance band called “Breakfast Club” and began working with then-boyfriend Stephen Bray on recording several disco-oriented songs. New York producer/D.J. Mark Kamins passed her demo tapes to Sire Records in early 1982 and the rest is history. The 1980s was Madonna’s boom decade, and she dominated the music charts with a succession of multimillion-selling albums, and her musical and fashion influence on young women was felt around the globe. Madonna first appeared on screen in two low-budget films marketed to an adolescent audience. Madonna’s next effort with then husband Sean Penn, Shanghai Surprise (1986), was savaged by critics, although the resilient star managed to somewhat improve her standing with her next two films, the off-beat Who’s That Girl (1987) (although she did receive decidedly mixed reviews, they weren’t as negative as those of her previous effort) and the quirky Damon Runyon-inspired Bloodhounds of Broadway(1989).

1970s

Color Palettes

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This decade saw an eruption in the youth culture; sex, rock and roll and drugs were the order of the day. Psychedelic drugs turned people towards brighter colors like hot pink, orange and blue. The 1970s was the Disco era and glitter and shimmer were a must have for an evening or night out in town. The Ford Mustang was a popular car in this decade and its colors ranged from hot pink to black with red being considered the most desirable car color. The African American population started to become more aware of their heritage during the 1970s, as a result of which colors in earthy hues started gaining popularity.

Fashion

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Many fashion major trends in the 1970 were the baseball tee, tie-dye, bell bottoms, platform shoes, the jumpsuit.

Cars

Stutz Blackhawk

The Blackhawk basically is the 1970s wrapped up in a single car. It cost slightly more than a Lamborghini Miura, but what you got was a body that was hand-built in Turin, Italy, more than 15 coats of paint, gold-plated trim to go with shag carpeting, and your name engraved on a plate on the dash. It was a hit among the celebrity crowd — postwar Elvis, Willie Nelson, Lucille Ball, George Foreman, and a host of others all bought one.

Interior

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1970s style was greatly influenced by the back-to-nature movement, which arose from both a hippie rejection of consumerism and materialism and a renewed environmentalism following the 1973 oil crisis. Big windows and skylights were popular, as were indoor gardens and elevated or stacked stone fireplaces. While high-tech plastics were obviously big in the 70s, so too was teak and pine furniture.  Earth-toned terracotta tiles, hanging plants, exposed ceiling beams, wicker furniture and harvest-gold appliances may have some aesthetic appeal on their own. Kitchens expanded to accommodate more cabinets and countertop space at a time when Julia Child’s cookbooks were all the rage. Many kitchens had islands or breakfast nooks, bringing the family into a room once reserved solely for women or staff. Believe it or not, the 1970s was a colorful time in interior design. For every drab earth-toned room there was an equally colorful one. There were the post-and-beam style homes, A-frames, domes, cubes and A-frames. The Saarinen tulip chairs were popular, as were various Verner Panton chairs. According to Interior Dezine, the 70s was a time of major advances in the design of chairs and modular office furniture. Designers began experimenting with ergonomic designs for the workplace and home office. Italian designers were at the forefront of radical and experimental furniture design, using high tech materials, tubular steel, bright colors, and polyurethane plastics.

Celebrities

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Jerry Hall

Jerry Hall born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas, to Marjorie and John P. Hall. Raised in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas. Graduated from North Mesquite High School. After modelling for Kim Dawson Agency, got into a car accident and used the insurance money to move to Paris where she was discovered by Antonio López. During that time shared an apartment with Grace Jones and Jessica Lange (who at that time were also modeling). Began dating ‘Mick Jagger’ (v) in 1977, after first meeting in 1976. The couple held an unofficial wedding on November 21, 1990. The partnership ended in 1999. They have four children together ‘Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger’ , James Leroy , Georgia May and Gabriel Luke.

Perpective Town

Inspiration #6

 

Feminism

I believe in Feminism. Feminism is equality among the sexes politically, ecumenically, and socially. I feel that more people need to e more aware on what it actually is and how it can make the world a better place. Through the years, many has shamed upon this idea because they think its a sin; that we are just a whole bunch of angry, easy womyn who are anger at the whole male existence. This is not true. We are just activist who are fighting to end the gap between the sexes so that so sex is more superior then any other. We want the nasty stereotypes of the sexes to stop. We want boys to feel free to express their feelings and not have to feel they have to feel this stereotype of  being aggressive and emotionless robots. We want womyn to not worrying about the fact that they have less job opportunities and options because it should be socially accept to be a doctor or a construction worker. We fight got the fact that no job should have a gender. We fight the equality…

 

Inspiration #5

The Mandela Effect is Real. Everything I talk about it just blows my mind again and again. The Mandela Effect is what happens when someone has a clear memory of something that never happened in this reality. Many of us — mostly total strangers — remember the exact same events with the exact same details. However, our memories are different from what’s in history books, newspaper archives, and so on. This isn’t a conspiracy, and we’re not talking about “false memories.” Many of us speculate that parallel realities exist, and we’ve been “sliding” between them without realizing it.

Perspective Unit

Inspiration #4

This quote motivates me because  it motivates me to keep on push myself so I can go places. The only thing that can hold me back from doing that is from getting in my feelings and letting that cloud my mindset when it comes to doing things. You won’t make you best product when you aren’t in your best state of mind.  this is why you have to learn to leave your ego at the door. you have to learn to do this So that you can go places in life.

Inspiration #3

I find this quote motivational because its reminds me that beautiful things can’t be made so easily. There has to be some pain or some challenges in order for the to be a good product. This quote also reminds me of visual in a way because the some smallest things can be such a big task/challenge. some of the time it is worth it in the long run because that little challenge makes the display a hundred time better.