Surrealism
The artwork of our blog designer & Art Set Builder (how we make our shows) Jerry G started us off! As Jerry wrote, “This is what passes for art to an Engineer” – and everyone relished seeing the world through his eyes. Not only did he craft a grand clock with multi-hued gears, an exquisitely crafted bench with vintage logo, and a couple of water-drilled states shaped out of rock & tile – we had two different trebuchet catapults AND a balloon photo from the exosphere! All that & a Cowstronaut!!!! Check out the art of our members to see his out-of-this-world artistry!
We leapt into the surreal with Max Ernst’s Celebes from 1921 – a painting of an elephant shaped Sudanese iron oven with a mannequin pointing us to its giant horned tail. The conversation was lively & curiosity abounded. Maestra of Assemblage Betye Saar created Window of the Sirens in 1966 and had us wondering if these winged figures were angels or sirens as well as what the Sun & Moon figures meant to these flying spirits. Betye is a celebrated artist who is still with us at 94! Can’t wait to share many more of her brilliant pieces in the future.
And finally, we viewed Leonora Carrington’s sculpture La Tamborilera (The Drummer), unveiled at the University of Guanajuato during the 2015 Festival Internacional Cervantino (a few years after she passed away.) This beautiful bronze sculpture shows a tall female figure (we thought it was male, but the title is feminine) playing the drum for all who enter the square around the school. We’ll take a look at more of Leonora’s dreamlike sculpture tomorrow!
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