Surrealism

Oscar Dominguez was born in San Cristobal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife. AT age 21 he went to Paris and worked with his father. On his own time, he visited galleries and museums. Dominguez was easily attracted by painters like Yves Tanguy and Pablo Picasso, who influenced his work. At age 25, Oscar Dominguez painted a self portrait of himself with a deformed hand and his veins cut on his arm. 27 years later, he killed himself by cutting open his veins.

Keith Wigdor was born in Wroclaw, Poland and graduated in the mid 1980’s from the Academy of Fine Arts with a master degree in painting and sculpture. Now, he is a member of the Society for Art of Imagination and his work is in Europe and the U.S. He lives and works in New York City. Keith Wigdor started creating in 1998. First he was interested in Digital Art, and then moved to Photomontages. Now he is a surrealist. None of his art comes from thinking. All of it is taken right from the top of his head. He gets emotionally attached to his art.

Artist’s Name: Oscar Dominguez

Title: The Red Ball

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Description:  It's a woman in a place which looks like it's in the middle of nowhere, with a blue sky and green grass. In the picture, the woman's legs are bent backwards, and the leg changes shape. For some reason, there's this red ball that's being grabbed by whatever the yellow string is, making it seem like it's connected to the leg.

Analysis: This piece is confusing. The main focus is the woman and the red ball.

Interpretation: This picture makes me confused. I don't really understand what's going on the photo. But that's why I like this piece. It makes me think, and it doesn't give you the answer of what it is right away.

Judgement: Honestly, I think this piece was successful. Like I said above, it's not clear what the message of this piece is, and it pretty much allows you to make your own interpretation of it.

Artist’s Name:Keith Wigdor

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Description: A woman who has hair that's like the ground and there's evil looking skulls.

Analysis: The first place that my eyes go when I look at this picture is the woman's face. And then the skull looking things. The components in this piece take up all of the space which is good. There's also more than one thing to look at.

Interpretation: This piece is crazy. It's hard to really understand what Wigdor was trying to show by this piece, but it's very interesting. I like the way that the ground makes up the woman's hair which is clearly shown here.

Judgement: I really like this piece, and I think it's successful. I don't really understand the piece though. I do like the way that everything was put in this piece, and I think that Keith Wigdor used really bright colors in the background in order to make the subject of this piece pop out. Overall, this piece is successful.

In comparison, both surrealists are clearly different, but at the same time, they're similar. Oscar Dominguez's works aren't as 3D looking as Keith Wigdor's works are. Also, Wigdor's pieces are more eerie and dreary, while Dominguez's pieces are more confusing. Both surrealists works leave you hanging, and they don't give you the exact reasoning behind them. All in all, I like both Oscar Dominguez's and Keith Wigdor's works. To me, they're both very interesting.