FANTASTIC SURREALISM
Well, by Fantastic Surrealism I mean a new photographic technique and at
the same time a new Artistic Movement, original – previously inexistent –
created and named by me, in February 23, 2014.
Fantastic Surrealism consists of the photographic mixture of characteristics
of the Cultural Surrealistic Movement with the Fantastic Art, resulting in
unique images, without the usage of any transformation of images (only
a small color and brightness highlight) – as digital or analogical ones. The
Cultural Surrealistic Movement was created in the beginning of the 1920’s
decade in Europe. The objective was to solve previous contradictory
conditions of dream and reality. Artists painted disconcerting illogical scenes
with photographic precision, created strange creatures out of daily life
objects and developed painting techniques which allowed the subconscious
to express solely by itself and/or to express abstract ideas/concepts.
Fantastic Art is a broad and loosely defined artistic genre. It is not restricted to
any specific artistic school, geographic localization or historical period. It can
be characterized by subjective matters that convey non-realistic, mystical,
religious, mythical or folkloric subjects or events, and it is also characterized
by styles which are much more representational and naturalistic – from
Nature – than abstract ones.
The Fantastic Surrealism is a new Artistic Movement which mixtures into
photographs these artistic characteristics described above. The resulting
images consist of original non-living elements of Nature (not fabricated by
humans – as woods of dry trees, bones, stones, water, etc., and their natural
physical-chemical dynamical interrelations), directly photographed and
without transformations, and that convey illusion of disconcerting images
of strange creatures alive, in movement or not, and at the same time making
the viewer subconsciously have emotions like desire, fear, anguish, joy, etc.
Also allowing the mind to express itself into abstract, mystical, religious,
mythical or folkloric aspects, etc. The photographic technique is simple by
being a direct one, and also in “macro” mode.
This Artistic Movement I call Fantastic Surrealism.
Fantastic Surrealism – Artistic Movement by Antonio de Morais