- 1. Artist Joan Brown Made Colorful Figurative Paintings When Abstract Expressionism Was All The Rage
- (Arts)
- ... her a beloved artist in San Francisco, where she lived and worked for most of her life. Brown's painting style was heavily influenced by the Expressionists, yet she also incorporated aspects of surrealism ...
- Created on 19 January 2023
- 2. Sincerity Amidst The Chaos: Valerie Mahaffey and Danielle Macdonald On Playing Absurd Characters In The New Film, "French Exit
- (Entertainment)
- A frozen dildo, a ghost cat, and a “fucked witch.” Who knew these could all be ingredients to a cohesive film. Director Azazel Jacobs, from The Lovers and Momma’s Man, blends these outlandish pieces ...
- Created on 16 February 2021
- 3. Beneath Midsommar’s Sheer Brutality, There’s an Intricately-Designed Domestic Drama Unfolding
- (Movies)
- ... of her own family. Midsommar begins to derail itself intentionally, its tightly woven plot unspooling into warped surrealism. A dreamscape becomes a bad trip, then a full-blown nightmare: the smiling ...
- Created on 15 July 2019
- 4. 11 Statement Gifts That Definitely Speak For Themselves
- (Style)
- ... what's really going on without speaking a word. Chloe L Wilkinson is a New York-based artist who uses Surrealism and Victorian influences to design art prints, pins, and patches. Her photography is stunning ...
- Created on 02 November 2017
- 5. 9 Pieces of Decor To Make Your Home Feel Like Heaven
- (Living)
- ... suits your fancy. Sarah Babin A self-proclaimed “nasty woman from the Deep South”, Sarah Babin’s original art prints are made from handmade paper collages that are inspired by surrealism and ...
- Created on 16 October 2017
- 6. Leonora Carrington Is The Groundbreaking Surrealist Artist You've Never Heard O
- (Arts)
- ... gave her daughter a book on Surrealism—the blooming artistic and literary movement inspired by the subconscious mind, dream states, and automatism—with a work by famed Surrealist Max Ernst on the cover. ...
- Created on 23 January 2017
- 7. 8 Rad Women Who Have Changed History
- (Feminism)
- ... until after her death that her work began to receive the attention it deserves. Her blending of Surrealism and Mexican folk art elements in her work, as well as her assertion that the inner self is a worthy ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 8. 6 Books About Female Artists You Should Read Right Now
- (Arts)
- ... knows her art: as a professor, scholar, and writer she’s contributed to a number of show catalogs and lectured frequently about gender, surrealism and more. By no means the all-encompassing view of women ...
- Created on 28 July 2016
- 9. These Striking Black And White Photos Of Women Are A Riot For Your Eyeballs
- (Arts)
- ... redundant to say that HER: Meditations on Being Female is "empowering," but damn if that's not what it is! Drawing inspiration from the visceral portraits of Cindy Sherman, in addition to the lavish surrealism ...
- Created on 05 May 2016
- 10. How "Winter's Bone" Director Debra Granik Discovered Jennifer Lawrence And Vera Farmiga: 52 Weeks Of Directo
- (Movies)
- ... on protective clothing. Granik recalled filming a pest controller in a Boston public housing project as he poked a ceiling panel and cockroaches fell on his head. “I loved the surrealism: it wasn’t Trainspotting, ...
- Created on 04 March 2016
- 11. These 10 Creepy-Cool Photos Will Bring Out Your Inner Beetlejuice
- (Arts)
- ... that I'm like, anything less than normal, or anything... Check out these ten photos for a peak into the haunting surrealism of Sitkin’s vision, and click over to Sitkin's website to see more. ...
- Created on 08 December 2015
- 12. Lisa Vreeland Returns With Peggy Guggenheim Documentary: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... of an heiress living in genteel poverty trying to make a name for herself in the topsy-turvy world of modern-art. At the time, no one knew whether to take take Dada, surrealism or abstract expressionism ...
- Created on 09 November 2015
- 13. Apparently Boobs Are Super Trendy Right Now & These Products Prove It
- (Feminism)
- ... to showcase women’s assets in her “surrealism” jewelry line. Her boob and booty rings are flashy and bold with just the right amount of sass. Brooklyn boy, Isaac Nichols, has been showing his support ...
- Created on 12 February 2015
- 14. You Can Be Anything You Wanna Be, Even Marge Simpson
- (Arts)
- The Simpsons are a staple of American life. They’ve taught us about the value of satire and the horrors of normativity in traditional family values. Marge, a beacon of light within the Simpson family, ...
- Created on 31 March 2014
- 15. Sugar and Spice: An Interview With Pin-up Artist Wishcandy
- (Arts)
- ... appropriate. Once I moved away from home I was able to grow and be more honest with myself. During college I was able to explore violence, eroticism, and surrealism. After graduating I began to becom ...
- Created on 12 July 2012
- 16. Breathtaking Frida Kahlo-Inspired Fashion Photos
- (Arts)
- Whether or not you're familiar with all the details surrounding the life and work of the beautiful and tragic Frida Kahlo, chances are you've still come across some of her captivating self-portraits on ...
- Created on 09 July 2012
- 17. A New Kind of Exquisite Corpse
- (Arts)
- Adapted from an old parlor game by the Surrealist artist movement in the 1920s, Exquisite Corpse is a method of collaborative image or word collection. The method, indicative of the movement’s ...
- Created on 23 May 2012
- 18. Book Review: 'In Wonderland
- (Arts)
- ... book (which includes more than 200 works of art) features the kickass work of Mexican and U.S.-based women artists and shows how women used surrealism as a way to explore their subconscious and express ...
- Created on 24 January 2012
- 19. Review: The Beaches of Agnès
- (Arts)
- ... from her own life in an approach blending Proustian reverie and surrealism. What a life it’s been! Starting with her childhood in Belgium, Varda takes us to the Sorbonne, revolutionary Cuba, Hollywood, ...
- Created on 30 June 2010
- 20. Angels Of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism
- (Books)
- In her 1949 book, The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir famously singled out Surrealism's founder Andre Breton for criticism, revealing the backhanded compliment that the then-contemporary movement paid womanhood ...
- Created on 31 January 2010
