Massurrealism
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The term massurrealism was coined by artist James Seehafer in 1992 and is sometimes referred to as a post-modernist movement but is more properly identified as an artistic tendency. Massurrealism is based in a further evolution of surrealism with technology and mass media as the catalyst, but this position has been criticized by surrealists, some of whom have stated in rejoinder that surrealism is not an artistic movement. Interest in massurrealism among new media artists has been growing steadily. Starting as a grassroots art style, it began to generate interest first in the New York Area, before spreading to Los Angeles and beyond U.S. borders to Mexico, Russia and Europe. Massurrealism also is influenced by mass–media communications, where examples of surrealist–influenced imagery are present: print media, movies and music videos. The ideology behind Massurrealism is more oriented towards the writings and theories of Cecil Touchon, Domenic Ali, Marshall McLuhan, and Jean Baudrillard than on Freud or Breton. James Seehafer, F. Michael Morris, Alan King, Ginnie Gardiner, Domenic Ali, Caplyn Dor, Alex Filipchenko, and Cecil Touchon are representative massurrealist artists.
[edit] References
- Lantzen, Sean (2004). Massurrealism: A Dossier (a.k.a Massurrealismus: Ein Dossier). Zurich: Novus Haus. ISBN 0-9759923-0-9.
- "What is new In The Surreal World" - Art and Antiques Magazine, (USA) March 2006.
- "The Inevitability Of Massurrealism" - From the printed edition of Wegway, (Canada) November, 2004.
- "Avant Garde Under Net Conditions" - From the printed edition of Perspektive, (Austria) June 2002. German text only.
- "Massurrealism Yields New Unique Vision" - Computer Artist (USA) February 1996.
[edit] External links
- www.massurrealism.org
- Massurrealismus Kunstjournal - Germany & Austria
- www.massurrealist.com
- http://www.massurrealist.com/calmative/ Cecil Touchon's Massurrealist art
- www.massurrealismo.com
- Works by Alan King
- Art by Melanie Marie Kreuzhof
- Multi media works by Tess Cortes
- HyperArt.com / Jochen Brennecke
- Images by Phil Kocsis
- Avant garde Under Net Conditions - Massurrealism. From "Perspektive" (German text only)
- Select works by James Seehafer
- Thomasin Countey
