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Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind.
#5550875 - 04/24/06 11:55 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've noticed this trend myself. I spent 2 years in art classes in high school. First-year art is a pretty easy and fun elective, so it's populated by a large number of people who often have little grasp of art and creativity.
When taught about the school of surrealism, a lot of the people in the class seemed to make comments amongst themselves about the artist and drug use. I always find it pretty funny. None of my favorite surrealists used drugs. In fact, my personal favorite surrealist --to the best of my knowledge-- didn't even drink (my favorite surrealist is Ren? Margritte, BTW).
I wonder if this misconception is as common as I think it is. I can see WHY people would make that assumption... surrealist art does call to mind the kind of things seen by a hallucinating person. But still, it also seems sadly ignorant of what a creative person is capable of when completely sober.
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There is no thing on this earth that can be done with the aid of drugs that cannot be done without them.
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Edited by Konnrade (04/24/06 12:06 PM)
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Konnrade]
#5550897 - 04/24/06 12:02 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I like that quote. Who said it?
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Cowgold]
#5550905 - 04/24/06 12:05 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hehe... that quote is actually mine. It's a motto, of sorts. I put it in a quote just to be self-indulgent 
The top image in your post I've never seen before, but the second one looks vaguely familiar to me. I don't know why or from where, though.
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Konnrade]
#5550916 - 04/24/06 12:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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no thing - nothing i dunno that made me laugh
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Konnrade]
#5550919 - 04/24/06 12:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I don't know who the artists are but these are the captions that were next to them.
First one:40"x44"- spraypaint decalcomania crystal cave, full photo-negative oil painting. inverted image reveals photo-positve, try it!!
Second one: "Spiked by an angel" colour pencil onto white paper [Raw arts festival poster 2004, London]
Taken from this site... http://www.surrealists.org/surreal-art/
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Cowgold]
#5551132 - 04/24/06 01:37 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I should take pics of drawings and temp tattoos ive done high.
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: r2_]
#5551486 - 04/24/06 03:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I used to do that... the first few times I smoked pot I would sit down and draw really bizarre artwork. It was always pretty poorly drawn, too. What I drew definitely showed a strong surrealist influence, but that wasn't because of the drugs, it was because I was a fan of surrealism. The drugs just made it more fun 
Pictars:

(I added color while sober):

The second one I did:

I consider them to be very intricate doodles. I'm not exceedingly proud of them, but they were really fun to make.
What shocked me, though, is how far they departed from the kind of artwork I normally produce. Different style, different level of technical ability, different everything.
I normally do this sort of thing:


I'll stop rambling now.
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Konnrade]
#5551497 - 04/24/06 03:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Damn... Hands are really hard to draw. They say it's one of the hardest things, but i'm not sure who they are.
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Re: Most people seem to associate surrealism with drugs in their mind. [Re: Konnrade]
#5551561 - 04/24/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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"I do not take drugs. I am drugs." -- Salvador Dali
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