Dada/Surreal

Another trend I noticed a lot when discovering art movements and the links was this idea of Dadaism and Surrealism. The first artist that came to mind when researching into Dadaism was Hannah Hoch. I have always loved her work, she was a big member of the Berlin Dada Movement. Hannah created some very weird and wonderful pieces that mainly consisted of photo montage, the thing I love about all her work is that non of it is digital. Because it was around the 1920's she obviously didn't have the technology that we do today, everything was by hand, its nice to refer back to traditional methods sometimes as you notice the effort that has gone into pieces like hers. 

I personally think that the whole idea behind Dadaism is great anyway! The whole theme of it challenges authority, it pushes the boundaries on stereotypical art boundaries and questions why should we do what is expected? I love this and think there should be more Dada artists around! Aswell as Dadaism there is obviously a link with the art movement Surrealism also. The fore runner of surreal art today is still Salvador Dali of course who produced masterpieces in 1920 that still confuse people today and make them probably wonder why? 

Although I haven't yet come across any modern day artists that have produced work that has really made me question their sanity almost! I can see a lot of trends and links between the art movements dadaism and surrealism with a large number of musicians or artists of today, the main one being Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga is a very eccentric and outgoing artist of today, I'd say that if she created artwork it would definitely be in the style of Dadaism or Surrealism she may have even pushed the boundaries even more with her crazy style. Her outfits are often a big eye catcher on the catwalks and once she has even worn a dress made out of meat believe it or not.

Aswell as Lady Gaga a more recent artist that has been linked to this idea of dadaism and surrealism is the photographer and designer Oleg Duryagin. Oleg mainly works on human figures transforming them into alien-like beings with soft skin like porcelain, each with a strange and fascinating twist to them. This relationship between reality and obscur ideas makes his work so much more innovative than the many photographers and painters out there and I love how different it can be, its almost as if there is a hidden meaning behind each of his pieces. I like that about his very surreal photography. 

Whilst still on this idea of surrealism there is also an artist named Roger Dean who I feel as though people of today would've been inspired by and he would've set trends for years to come. He creates these fantasy themed landscapes with paint that you almost can't stop looking at. As soon as I looked at his work I figured that a lot of video and computer games designers of today would've especially been inspired by his work. The dreamy landscapes remind me of the now very detailed environments that are created for video gaming experiences.