Picasso, Bravo, Alvarez, And By Night It Moaned

The influence of surrealist art on society on the past centuries has been powerful, and artists like Salvador Dali contributed a lot to this form of art, in this research paper I piece together the career and life then by focusing on one of his remarkable artworks and trying to analyze it and how it affected the target audience of the culture and society and for all these topics which makes the main questions in my research paper I did a research to know more about them so that I can be able to link them together and understands how they affected the society.(1)

One of my favorite art works is La Molendera, or The Woman Grinding Maize, by Diego Rivera. The medium of this painting is oil paint on a horizontal canvas that measures 106.7 x 121.9 cm. When I first see this painting, the woman dressed in white with her hair split in two braids, grinding maize on a stone, is what stands out to me the most. It is traditional for women in Mexico that make tortillas to grind the maize, corn, on a rock. In the background I see three already made tortillas baking on top of a ceramic dish. The colors used in the atmosphere are cool toned, which gives you a sense of calm and a soothing sensation. The main colors used here

Artworks have played an indelible work to the lives of humanity. The creative nature in Artists is a complex matter to define. The uncertainties in the intrinsic nature in art lay difficult aspects that can only be answered by values, themes and skills depicted in an artist artwork. Apart from playing the intricate psychological effect on humans, the artworks have been used as a tool of expression that has been revered and uniquely preserved for future generation. Among some of the most revered modern forms of artwork has included Chicano Art that had a core relationship to Las Carpas, Indigenismo, rascuachismo and other forms of performance art.

The Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her profound artwork and iconic likeness to the artist. She explores the ideas of gender, nationality, class, politics, etc. The emotional intensity and imaginative aspects of her artwork led many to label Frida as a surrealist. Although accepting this label, Frida distinguishly noted that her paintings are not of dream worlds, like other surrealists, but of her own reality. Frida Kahlo’s “The Broken Column” has influenced how I view myself and the world around me through its depiction of spiritual tranquility and physical anguish.

The mural “La dualidad” has a strong connection to the history of our people. When the mural was completed in 1985 and it stood 16 feet tall and 46 feet wide. There is a tremendous amount of symbolism within the mural that depicts significant historical events and ideas from our past.The mural is divided into three parts, the left, right, and center. The left side is called “El Mundo de Tezcatlipoca” it represents the negative. The right side is “The world of Quetzalcoatl” it represents the positive. The Center is “Balance” it represents harmony. There are forty three images with specific meanings and history.

Every artist has his or her own style of painting. Each painting tells some sort of story or has some type of personal meaning to the artist. One of the most important figures in modern art is Pablo Picasso. Not only was Pablo Picasso a genius in the field of abstract art, but he also experimented with sculpting and ceramics. Pablo Picasso has taken the world to many places with his unique style of work which is why I believe he is considered to be a genius of the 20th century.

Hispanic art, food, and entertainment all have a common theme; they are all fun, light-hearted, yet fulfilling and rich in cultural heritage. On one side, Mexican culture in particular loves to make fun of itself. There are many depictions in song and art of lazy Mexicans in large sombreros with thick mustaches eating burritos. On the other hand artists like Diego Rivera paint large murals depicting rich historical events like the revolution, in bold colors on controversial topics (This Old, n.d.).

The official Bravo site on the internet has samples of his work from the 1920s to the 1990s, as he lived to be 100 years old (“Manuel Alvarez Bravo” para. 8). In that span of time, Bravo kept the subjects of his pictures the same. He photographed Native people, their living conditions, relics, and landscapes. Viewers will not see society people among the photo array on his official website.

Bright colors jumping at you asking for attention, images so real viewers can not tell the difference. These are the thoughts that came to my head as I gazed at two works of art by two Mexican artists at MoLAA museum of art . I visited two museums, Bowers Museum of cultural Art in the heart of Southern California and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach for my report unfortunately I only liked the works in MoLAA and will talk about it through out my paper. I will talk about two Mexican artists Rafael Cauduro and David Alfaro Siqueros that caught my eye, and made me want to learn more of them and their approach to art. Siqueiros caught my eye and interest because according to his biography “no

This art study will define the underlying principles of surrealism and female nudity that are found in the Primitivism painting entitled: “Spirit of the Dead Watching” (1892) by Paul Gauguin and Wilfredo Lam’s “Jungle (1944). Surrealism provides a psychoanalytical framework in which the mind tends to repress the primal fears of the mind. The Freudian theory of the repression of the subconscious mind provides an example of the Primitivist style Gauguin utilizes in the “spirit” painting, which defines the primal nudity of women that he releases through this depiction of a Tahitian woman, named Teha'amana. This Tahitian woman, Gauguin’s wife, is an example of a painting that releases the primal sexual instincts of the repressed mind, yet it also defines the fears of the woman that lies in fear of the “spirit of the dead” that watches over her. Lam’s depiction of four nude women in “Jungle” also defines the pressed sexuality, which is released in this surrealist representation of the primal. Surrealism provides an analytical framework in which Gauguin’s depicts the primitive as a gateway to releasing his own desire to release sexual primitive desires through Teha'amana’s female identity. In essence, a historically–based surrealist/psychoanalytical examination of Primitivism will define the release of repressed sexuality in Paul Gauguin’s “Spirit of the Dead Watching” (1892) and Wilfredo Lam’s “Jungle (1944).

Each one brings something a little different to the table, keeping creativity alive. There is something to be said about an artist who has the ability to strip someone of all things superficial, and capture the root of their spirit. To me, there is nothing more beautiful than a photograph that speaks truth. Photography is one of the best forms of story-telling and the works of Leibovitz, Avedon, and Mark never cease to do just that. The daring traits that all three of these masterminds possess is what gives them the power to create shameless and provocative pieces that are both world-renowned and highly-respected. Without artists like these, the art world would not survive. Among the plethora of repetitive and monotonous works created daily, you need a Leibovitz, an Avedon, and a

Flor Garduño, an internationally renowned photographer from Mexico, evokes numerous Pre-Columbian archetypes in her art. The “Inner Light” series is no exception. Published in 2002, its unifying theme is the promise and metamorphosis of womanhood. The three selected photos, Pera/Pear, Semilla/Seed, and Cráneo/Skull, evoke Pre-Columbian themes of food, nature, death, and mythology.

Wilfredo Lam’s Untitled, 1953 and Matta’s Untitled (Flying People Eaters), 1942 share a wall in gallery 397 of the AIC. The two drawings were completed within 12 years of each other, and they seem be in conversation as surrealist compositions. Both pieces incorporate primitivist imagery into their engagement with the surreal. However, where Matta uses this imagery to further Freudian shock value and bring forward abject discomfort, Lam uses “primitive” symbology to discuss notions of Afro-Cuban identity through a cubist and surreal lens.

Any art medium can be utilized to tell a story or evoke emotion in a viewer. Artistry is unique in that it is purely visual and can be left to interpretation if the artist chooses to stay ambiguous in the message they are trying to convey. As an artist, I am always trying to analyze the meanings behind famous works of art, whether those meanings happen to be incidental or purposeful. So, when contemporary artist, Enrique Chagoya expressed his adoration for the social commentary expressed in Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos sketches, I was intrigued.

Surrealism was a 20th century art movement whose proponents dedicated themselves to translating their unconscious into art objects. In this essay I will argue that the cultural work accomplished by Giorgio de Chirico’s Piazza d’Italia and his metaphysical painting style is to be precursors of the surrealism movement, whether de Chirico likes it or not. The metaphysical painting style is similar in form to the “dream-transcription” sub-category of surrealist painting, as well as similar in subject matter (D’Souza). Although de Chirico came to dislike his early career paintings and surrealism, foundational surrealists such as André Breton and Paul Éluard were known to collect and admire his early work (Holman). Breton even declared de Chirico to be a “signpost pointing to surrealism” (“CHIRICO”).