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From: "john adams" <johnqadamsiii@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: The art of JS Hill
Date: 15 Feb 2006 20:28:35 -0800
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Alexander Adamov wrote:
> "furburger" <mail@jshill.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1138482746.595134.63370@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > If you enjoy surrealist artwork please follow this link, though being
> > full of logical symbolism I'm not too sure whether his work qualifies
> > as surrealism however it is extremely creative and executed to a very
> > high standard. I think he may go far.
> >
> > http://www.jshill.co.uk
> >
> I think that most surrealist paintings I have come in touch with almost
> always have their roots in reality (think Dali, Magritte). The twist is that
> reality is represented trough a mode that is unconventional and never
> considered before to be an widely accepted way to treat widely accepted
> works. I believe that is why Dali's work looks like a reproduction of
> dreams - where everything takes its own forms, shapes and content. That is
> also why the imagery in Paul Eluard's poems is so different. Of course I am
> not in the position to critique the works of Mr. Hill but I truly enjoyed
> "Madam Butterfly", which I find as a wonderful surrealist piece. Thanks for
> pointing this site out :)
I agree, in this piece one can almost hear the lonely winds of solutide
blow acorss the grey, desolate landscape while the sound of blood
purging from the geisha fills a tub enigmatically. One must assume this
represents her heartbreak/suicide, and the bombs signify the
relationship to the military. A kind of dreamier version than the play.
As far as the others I prefered the drawings.
-john
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