Download or read book San Diego Surreal written by Susan M. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diego Surreal looks at works in a variety of media over several decades, revealing the ways in which Surrealism's range of visual vocabulary and artistic strategies have seeped into our culture, while probing the impact the movement has had on artists in San Diego County. The exhibition focuses on the work of contemporary artists, including Althea Brimm, Hugo Crosthwaite, Marianela de la Hoz, the de la Torre brothers, Charles Glaubitz, Jeff Irwin, Cliff McReynolds, Lynn Schuette, Allison Schulnik, Walter Sutin, the late Jen Trute, and Perry Vasquez, but it also includes earlier 20th- century modernists who drew upon Surrealism such as Dorr Bothwell, Ethel Greene, Harry Sternberg, and Jean Swiggett. San Diego Surreal goes beyond overt comparisons between the work of the Surrealists and regional artists to explore the more idiosyncratic and subtle connections of visual, thematic, and philosophical references.There is a rich legacy of Surrealism in California. Several members of poet Andre Breton's original Surrealist group resided in the state, mainly as refugees during WWII. Therefore, for context, the exhibition will include the work of some of these historical Surrealists and others closely aligned with them, such as Claire Falkenstein, Hans Burkhardt, and Dorothea Tanning.In the decades since the founding of the movement in 1924, the Surrealist spirit has revolutionized the arts and pervaded social theory. Its legacy is found in the work of the Beat poets, the Marxist-inspired Situationist International, the countercultural movement of the 1960s, and punk. Today Surrealism inspires a plethora of avant-garde ideas and techniques among contemporary artists. The movement is enjoying a resurgence due to the political and social conditions of the times, with its accompanying climate of disillusionment and rebellion.