Comments on: metaphorical realism

metaphorical realism

nickyskye — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:31:28 -0800

Surreal and spectacular paintings of Vladimir Kush.

His bio and on Wikipedia.

By: Houyhnhnm

Houyhnhnm — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:59:40 -0800

I like these a lot; they're beautiful and clever. Thanks for the post!

By: kozad

kozad — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:01:27 -0800

Thank you. Fun. There is a difference between surrealism and fantasy, though. (Or between surrealism and neo-surrealism, or between surrealism and pop surrealism.) Sorry, I get picky about the term: I'm a relic of the last century.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:02:15 -0800

I also like Kush's stuff. Much of the metaphor is very accessible and easy to decipher, which is to its credit.

By: kozad

kozad — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:05:36 -0800

Or magical realism. Or "metaphorical realism!" (I just noticed the title. Nice term for his paintings. There is a little visual punning/metaphorical imagery going on.)

By: ouke

ouke — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:12:33 -0800

post-daliross pretty much sums it up

By: Scattercat

Scattercat — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:21:56 -0800

Beautiful. Thank you!

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:38:30 -0800

His work reminds me of Jacek Yerka's.

By: digdan

digdan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:39:35 -0800

I like a lot!

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:37:19 -0800

Huh. So this is what you get when Salvador Dali and Thomas Kinkade have a child.

By: wreckingball

wreckingball — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:58:39 -0800

*groan*

By: meese

meese — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:10:20 -0800

I really like these, so long as I don't pay attention to the titles. I worry I'm doing it wrong.

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:12:37 -0800

Wow, these are great. Too bad they cost so freakin' much!

By: Powerful Religious Baby

Powerful Religious Baby — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:45:53 -0800

What, wreckingball? It would be nice to hear the report of the rabbit by the bear's liar. And our spiders have weaved the membrane web and cast it to the Universal Spider. Internet is working, is the way I see it!

By: immlass

immlass — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:53:17 -0800

These are very interesting. Thanks for posting them!

By: wobh

wobh — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:45:58 -0800

Seems like we were just talking about this sort of thing.

By: sacrifix

sacrifix — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:42:58 -0800

And he's a pretty nice guy too. I met him in Hawaii (on Maui, I forget the name of the town where his gallery was) and had a glass of wine and a chat. Ended up getting his book, signed and all, for free because we were both a bit too intoxicated for me to remember to pay him. "Oops".