The Worlds Of Surrealists

One could argue that all art is an invented world, sprung from the mind of the creator whether observing or imagining, but the artworks expressed from the ones we call Surrealists are a special breed of creation— a cocktail of varying degrees of lucidity, working to describe some conceptual truism that lies between the artist’s outer experience and their inner landscape. Often full of profound depth and surprising humor simultaneously, the works from these artists, many of them some of modern art’s most famous names, hold their own across decades and resonate with us in an inexplicably satisfying way. Perhaps they refer to our own personal investigations through the meaning of life, pulling out the stops and opening up doors that we may not have the wherewithal to do ourselves.

This infamous collectible poster is Richard Hamilton’s portrait of Marcel Duchamp, peering through a plate of his drawing The Oculist Witness, done from a photograph Hamilton made while Duchamp was signing glass for the printing multiple. It captures Duchamp’s searching expression, his brilliant unique perspective on the intrigue of the universe. It is printed with silver foil embossing, an effect serving to further highlight his shining concept.

In another highly collectible piece, this one of Duchamp’s own, Moderna Museet (Heart) is an original edition silkscreen poster from 1966 for a Dada exhibit held at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm Sweden. Despite the often nihilist tone that this art movement can hail from, for this piece Duchamp calls on a universally warm symbol to carry the torch.