Czech Surrealism Photography and Emila Medková
Everyone has heard of the Surrealists, thanks to Salvador Dali, and if you look deeper, then you would hear of the French Surrealists, and find also the works of Surrealist Photography made by legendary photographers such as Man Ray, or Cartier-Bresson, and Eugene Atget. This is just scratching the surface, because further east, you will discover the Czech tradition of Surrealist Photography, which has only exhibited on rare occasion outside of the Czech Republic. While this Surrealist Photography was made famous by the Frenchies, the Czech counterpart was nonetheless intriguing and unique. Of course there were many similarities, such as the relative popularity of Surrealism post WWII, Frenc...Read more
Dark Surrealism; playing with dolls: the Brothers Quay
Do you like dark surrealism that blends both the nightmarish and cryptic? Then the Brothers Quay may be just for what you are looking. These two American-born, multinational stop-motion animators seem to have a stroke of something special…and deliciously macabre. Their works generally feature dolls and figures—sometimes dismembered or altered in some way—in amazingly detailed sets. Their use of motion and space is incredibly intricate in some cases. The music, which comes from a wide range of composers, is most definitely suiting for their themes and modern tastes (there are also some people who have synched clips from Brothers Quay productions with mus...Read more