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Post by thecreep on Feb 14, 2009 3:58:52 GMT -8
My college is having an art day, where all the community comes to see what the college art dept has to offer. Live painting, discussions etc.
My art history prof has asked me to give a lecture on "lowbrow/pop surrealism". The school is pretty much oblivious to all of the art, and when it has been shown has just been dismissed as "illustration". So I am excited to talk about this art and would like to create a great presentation.
I have a basic layout of the discussion, but I wanted to see what ideas you had for key artists that should be a part of the discussion.
A few names from my list are: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Mark Ryden, Shepard Fairey, Ron English
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 14, 2009 8:22:17 GMT -8
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Post by ill on Feb 14, 2009 8:33:32 GMT -8
Glenn Barr might be a good one to include as well... it really all depends on where exactly you want to take this presentation. If you want to highlight some of the bigger names, show breadth, which artists are the most influential, etc. To add to those already mentioned, maybe Kawasaki, Simkins, or Chris Berens even, especially with some of the latter's classically influenced pieces.
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Post by sabotage on Feb 14, 2009 10:23:38 GMT -8
I think the 3 you have are great choices, I also agree with sleepboy's suggestions. You almost have to include Robt Williams when presenting an intro to Lowbrow/ pop surrealism. I'd also like to add Rick Griffin, Tara McPherson, and maybe Emek. I think its important to show that this is art that they see all of the time, even grown up with and may not know it.
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Post by ziggy1 on Feb 14, 2009 10:42:31 GMT -8
COOP was pretty prominent and he has done a lot of stuff for the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas including casino chips and illustrations on their purple high roller vans and SUVs.
You might even want to go back to Robert Crumb for a brief mention although that might make it too involved for a short presentation.
You might also want to show some examples of artists that are well known in the low brow world and that they see in the main stream and don't even know it. For instance, Gary Taxali often does illustrations for magazines such as Forbes.
Of course Shepard is golden at the moment, the Time cover, front page of the NY Times art section, cover of Art News, Steven Colbert show, TNNs characters wanted and the Smithsonian. I think some comparisons of him to Warhol would be great to put him in context and connect this movement with something that they have knowledge of. In fact, maybe you should start with Haring, Koons and Warhol as the original OGs.
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Post by virtu on Feb 14, 2009 10:43:44 GMT -8
Seonna Hong
Andrew Brandou
Eric White
Blaine Fontana
Anthony Ausgang
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Post by steveinca on Feb 14, 2009 12:09:02 GMT -8
Robert Williams
Michael Hussar
Ed Roth
Baseman
Ryden
English
IMO, these artists are a diverse representation of the lowbrow/pop surreal movement. To me, Fairey isn't really a lowbrow/pop surreal artist. I think of him as more of a street/graf artist, along the same lines as Banksy, Faile and Micallef.
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Post by ill on Feb 14, 2009 12:36:32 GMT -8
You almost have to include Robt Williams when presenting an intro to Lowbrow/ pop surrealism. I'd be inclined to agree, though his name slipped my mind earlier. I'd try to just pick a few key names from the start of this movement through today. In the relatively short time it's been in existence there have been some distinct shifts and I think it has really started to mature as a whole more recently. I guess the key thing is just to find those artists that best personify this digestion of pop culture and how they express that stylistically with influences ranging from baroque to art nouveau and everything in between. |
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Post by virtu on Feb 14, 2009 13:01:13 GMT -8
Williams has a big solo show coming in October at The Tony Shafrazi Gallery.
Lots of new work, can't wait!
Info below from Tony Safrazi Gallery
Robert Williams will be introducing a new body of work in the upcoming show, "Conceptual Realism: In the Service of the Hypothetical", at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in the New Year. An accompanying catalogue will be published to coincide with this upcoming exhibition.
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Post by thecreep on Feb 14, 2009 15:37:11 GMT -8
Killer suggestions, and thanks for the link to the "Waves" section Sleepboy.
I believe I have a half hour to speak, so I am creating a powerpoint and have a basic structure to follow in no particular order yet, I might remove some areas as well.
• Lowbrow and it's key figures (Roth, Gary Panter, Williams)
• Influences like cartooning, comics, as well as experiences in it (Glenn Barr - Ren & Stimpy, Tara Mcpherson - Futurama)
• Street art and it's associations, as well as artists that began on the street (Craola)
• Vinyl toys and collectibles
• Important shows and art works
• Contemporary art that gets shown in similar galleries (Ian Francis, Josh Keyes)
• Publications such as Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose
I am going to try to show as many artists and images as I can, and if it goes well and people stick around the last part will just be images of artists.
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Post by sabotage on Feb 15, 2009 8:37:23 GMT -8
sounds interesting, I'd love to come see it if I lived in the area. Could you attach the PP presentation here?
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