Showing posts with label surrealist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surrealist. Show all posts

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Alejandro Jodorowsky - Interview at ICA London (December 2002)

An interesting and amusing interview with Chilean surrealist filmmaker, Alejandro Jodorowsky  (Fando and Lis, El Topo, The Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) recorded at the ICA, London in December 2002 after a screening of Santa Sangre.








Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Austin Osman Spare (1886 – 1956)


Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques including automatic writingautomatic drawing and sigilizationbased on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self. His artistic work is characterized by skilled draughtsmanship exhibiting a mastery of the use of the line, and often employs monstrous or fantastic magical and sexual imagery.
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Spare