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Adobe has allways somthing new for designers in every new version. here are some notes about the 2017 version qouted from photoshop section on adobe website:

The 2017 releases of Photoshop CC (November 2016 and December 2016) roll out exciting new features for designers and digital photographers. Read on for a quick introduction to these features and links to resources offering more information.

Comprehensive search

New in Photoshop CC (November 2016)

Photoshop now features powerful search functionality that lets you search across UI elements, documents, Help & learning content, inspiring Stock assets, and much more—all from within a unified dialog. You can search for items right after launching Photoshop or when one or more documents are open.

To begin searching, do any of the following in Photoshop:

Select Edit > Search.
Use the Cmd/Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut.
Click the Search icon (search) in the right extremity of the Options bar, to the left of the Workspace Switcher icon.
For more information, see Photoshop search.

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Photoshop now supports Touch Bar, the multitouch display at the top of the new MacBook Pro keyboard. Touch Bar support in Photoshop is currently a technology preview feature.

Default Touch Bar interface

A. Photoshop controls B. macOS system controls (Control Strip and Esc)
You can use the Touch Bar with Photoshop in one of the three available modes:

Layer Properties
Default mode; lets you work with Layer properties and related functions
Brushes
Lets you work with Brush and paint properties
Favorites
Customizable mode to which you can add your favorite controls
Additionally, several context-specific operations become available depending on what you're working on in Photoshop.

When a modal tool, such as Text or Transform is active, the Touch Bar displays OK and Cancel.
When the Select & Mask taskspace is active, the Touch Bar displays controls related to making selections.
For details, see Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop.

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Victor Brauner (1903-1966) paintings Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

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Victor Brauner (1903-1966)

Brauner joined the Paris Surrealists in 1933, contributing to several group exhibits and publications. His paintings of the period, including The Door II (1932), At Dusk (1938) and Fascination (1939), address preoccupations from the artist's dreams and subconscious.Wolf Table (1939), a Surrealist object, was made from a wooden bench, with the head, tail and testicles of a fox. During the 1940s, Brauner experimented with works that incorporated natural fibers and melted wax on wood: The Ideal Man (1943) and The Night (1946). His later paintings reveal an interest in mythology, as well as influences from American Indian and Mayan cultures. Some examples are Deep Sources (1946), Over There (1949) and Memory of Reflexes (1954).

Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

Influenced by de Chirico's Metaphysical paintings, as well as Flemish Expressionist art, Delvaux's canvases capture a dream world of reclining female nudes, sleepwalking men, and exotic Romanesque landscapes. Often juxtaposing daytime with night-time, interior rooms with exterior landscapes, or modern characters in classical settings, the artist created a unique surrealist blend of Freudian symbolism and child-like fantasies. Though remaining independent of any one artistic movement, Delvaux exhibited alongside fellow Belgian René Magritte, and took part in the second international Surrealist exhibition at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938. Among his many memorable paintings are Sleeping City (1938), The Phases of the Moon (three versions; 1939, 1941 & 1942), Anxious City(1941), Congress (1941) and Solitude (1955).

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Famous Surreal Artists

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Famous Surreal Artists

here is a list of important surreal artists :

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)

A founding member of the Zurich and Cologne Dada groups, Arp also participated in the first Surrealist exhibit in Paris in 1925. Utilizing spontaneity and chance, he often cut shapes at random, either from wood or paper, and arranged them just as impulsively, resulting in an array of surprising images. Though abstract, Arp's creations sometimes suggest identifiable forms, such as human faces and bodies, exhibiting both humor and sensuality. His output includes paintings, sculptures, mobiles, collages and poetry. Among his many notable works are The Egg Board (1922), Mustache Hat(1923), Dancer (1925) and Woman (1927).

Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)

A German artist and writer, Bellmer joined forces with the Paris Surrealists during the 1930s, contributing to the periodicalMinotaure. He is perhaps best known for The Doll, a series of startling objects, photographs and drawings, depicting doll parts arranged in provocative positions. Bellmer's highly erotic imagery exhibits a personal fascination with the human form, often presented in a disjointed and fragmented manner. He created paintings, sculptures, photographs, gouaches and drawings. Among his notable works are The Machine Gun in a State of Grace (1937),Peppermint Tower in Honor of Greedy Little Girls (1942), A Thousand Girls (1950), Self Portrait With Unica Zürn (1955) and Portrait of Wilfredo Lam (1958).

Victor Brauner (1903-1966)

Brauner joined the Paris Surrealists in 1933, contributing to several group exhibits and publications. His paintings of the period, including The Door II (1932), At Dusk (1938) and Fascination (1939), address preoccupations from the artist's dreams and subconscious.Wolf Table (1939), a Surrealist object, was made from a wooden bench, with the head, tail and testicles of a fox. During the 1940s, Brauner experimented with works that incorporated natural fibers and melted wax on wood: The Ideal Man (1943) and The Night (1946). His later paintings reveal an interest in mythology, as well as influences from American Indian and Mayan cultures. Some examples are Deep Sources (1946), Over There (1949) and Memory of Reflexes (1954).

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)

An artist, sculptor and writer, originally from Great Britain, Carrington met and fell in love with Max Ernst in 1937. Soon after, the two began living together in France, where Carrington took part in Surrealist activities. Separated during World War II, (Ernst had been arrested by French authorities), Carrington eventually made her way to the United States and Mexico. She contributed to the periodical VVV in New York City, while her short story The Debutantewas featured in Breton's Anthology of Black Humor. Carrington's first major art exhibit came in 1947 at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in Manhattan. Her paintings are often characterized by dream-like images, influenced by Celtic mythology. Notable works includePortrait of Max Ernst (1939), The Temptation of St. Anthony (1947),Temple of the Word (1954) and Bird Bath (1974).

Georgio de Chirico (1888-1978)

The importance of de Chirico's early paintings on the development of Surrealist art is immeasurable. Characterized by images of empty town squares, with dark, menacing corridors and mysterious shadows, his dream-like world captures a feeling of utter loneliness, suspended in time. Cluttered with puzzling objects, such as clocks, giant statues and distant trains, and often featuring deep, dramatic perspectives, de Chirico's paintings left an indelible mark on Breton and numerous other future Surrealists. Among his works from this early Metaphysical period are The Enigma of the Arrival and the Afternoon (1912), The Anxious Journey (1913), The Nostalgia of the Infinite (1913), Mystery and Melancholy of a Street (1914) and The Child's Brain (1914). By the time of the first Manifesto of Surrealism, de Chirico had moved on to a far more classical approach, much to the chagrin of Breton. He participated in Surrealist activities up to 1925, contributing to the periodicals Littérature and La Révolution Surréaliste, as well as later writing a Surrealist novel Hebdomeros in 1929.

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

A Spanish artist and writer, Dalí joined the Paris Surrealists in 1929, shortly after the premiere of Un chien andalou, a film he had co-written with Luis Buñuel. A child prodigy, Dalí began painting at age six, exploring a wide range of styles and approaches, before finally arriving at Surrealism in 1927. His paintings capture the dream state in a remarkably realistic way, overflowing with Freudian symbolism, unrestrained sexual desires and childhood memories. Utilizing his paranoiac-critical method, Dalí's "dream photographs" depict a subconscious world of mysterious landscapes and melting objects, with great attention paid to elements of Nature - the earth, sky, clouds, water, pebbles, insects, animals, fruit, etc. While exploring his deepest obsessions and fantasies, Dalí conjured up unforgettable surrealist images, often containing hidden figures and double meanings. Among his many masterpieces are The Lugubrious Game (1929), The Great Masturbator (1929), The Bleeding Roses(1930), The Persistence of Memory (1931), The Phantom Cart (1933) and Atavistic Vestiges After the Rain (1934).

Dalí's explorations were not limited to painting. He also created photographs, sculptures, holographs, jewelry, clothing, stage scenery, film scripts and literature. In 1939 he designed and oversaw the construction of the Dream of Venus, a surrealist funhouse at the World's Fair in New York. During the 1940s, he published his autobiography The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí and collaborated with Philippe Halsman on several memorable photographic experiments, including Nude With Popcorn (1948), Dalí Atomicus (1948), and Dalí and the Skull (1951). Finally, in 1974, the Dalí Theatre and Museum, a building conceived and designed by the artist himself, was opened in Figueres, Spain.

Though, in later years, Dalí's endless self-promotion and megalomania led Breton to dub him "Avida Dollars", there is no denying the profound impact he had on Surrealism. Responsible for an immense collection of powerful images, Dalí emerged as the Movement's most recognizable figure.

Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

Influenced by de Chirico's Metaphysical paintings, as well as Flemish Expressionist art, Delvaux's canvases capture a dream world of reclining female nudes, sleepwalking men, and exotic Romanesque landscapes. Often juxtaposing daytime with night-time, interior rooms with exterior landscapes, or modern characters in classical settings, the artist created a unique surrealist blend of Freudian symbolism and child-like fantasies. Though remaining independent of any one artistic movement, Delvaux exhibited alongside fellow Belgian René Magritte, and took part in the second international Surrealist exhibition at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938. Among his many memorable paintings are Sleeping City (1938), The Phases of the Moon (three versions; 1939, 1941 & 1942), Anxious City(1941), Congress (1941) and Solitude (1955).

Oscar Dominguez (1906-1957)

A Spanish artist, Dominguez met André Breton and Paul Eluard in 1933, before officially joining the Paris Surrealists the following year. Initially influenced by the work of Dalí and Yves Tanguy, Dominguez's later paintings drew greatly from the inspiration of Picasso. In 1936, he developed a technique known as decalcomania, which involved pressing paint between two surfaces, thus creating textures that often resembled porous rocks and coral reefs. The result simultaneously suggested images of the sea and nature, as well as reflections of subconscious thoughts and memories. A few of Dominguez's notable works include Portrait of Rome (1933),Electrosexual Sewing Machine (1934), Lion-bicycle (1936), The Minotaur(1938) and Lancelot (1939). The artist committed suicide on New Year's Eve 1956/57.

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Duchamp was among the most significant figures in 20th Century art. Following a series of Impressionist landscapes and portraits, he contributed to, and greatly influenced, several artistic movements, including Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism and Surrealism. His Nude Descending a Staircase (1911; second version 1912) introduced motion to the painted image, inspiring the Italian Futurists. In 1915, Duchamp ventured to New York City, where he participated in Dada, along with Francis Picabia and Man Ray. His "readymades" transformed everyday objects into works of art by giving them new identities. Examples are Bicycle Wheel (1913; an "assisted readymade", featuring a bicycle wheel fastened to the top of a wooden stool), In Advance of Broken Arm (1915; a snow shovel),Fountain (1917; a men's urinal), Trap (1917; a coat rack, intended to be placed on the floor as a stumbling block) and L.H.O.O.Q. (1919; a reproduction of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, with the additions of a mustache and goatee). Between 1915 and 1923, Duchamp worked on The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Own Bachelors, Even, a major project on glass. Insisting it was incomplete for eight years, the artist finally declared the piece finished after it was accidentally dropped, thus creating a giant, spider web-like crack.

In 1923, Duchamp gave up painting in favor of his first love - playing chess. However, two years before his death, the artist unveiled a mixed media assemblage that had been created in secrecy over a period of twenty years. The Given: 1. The Waterfall 2. The Illuminating Gas (1946-66) features a large brick archway and wooden door. Through two small holes in the door, one can view the unsettling image of a nude female corpse, her legs spread open, lying ominously amongst leaves and brush.

An honorary member of the Paris Surrealists, Duchamp contributed to the periodicals Littérature, Le Surréalisme au service de la révolutionand Minotaure, as well as participated in several group exhibitions during the 1930s. His impulsive nature, sense of humor, and automatic approach to object-making epitomized the spirit of Dada and Surrealism.

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

A German painter, sculptor and creator of collages, Ernst formed the Cologne Dada group with Jean Arp and Johannes Baargeld in 1919. Three years later, he moved to Paris, joining Breton and the future Surrealists. His photomontages of the period, including Here Everything is Still Floating (1920), Health Through Sport (1920) andSanta Conversazione (1921), display an extraordinary imagination, transforming ordinary objects and figures into images where reality is turned upside down. These elements are also found in his oil paintings, many of which are key Surrealist works from the early years of the movement. Among them are The Elephant of the Celebes(1921), Oedipus Rex (1922), Woman, Old Man and Flower (1924), Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale (1924) and The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child Before Three Witnesses: André Breton, Paul Eluard and the Painter (1926). In 1925, Ernst developed a technique known as "frottage," which involved drawing (or rubbing) over a textured surface, resulting in unusual and automatic patterns. The Wheel of Light (1925), Fishbone Forest (1927) and The Horde (1927) are examples of works that used this approach. Other projects by Ernst include the collage novels Le femme 100 têtes (1929) and Une Semaine de bonté (1934), as well as an appearance in Luis Buñuel's Surrealist film L'Age d'or (1930).

During World War II, Ernst was arrested by French authorities and sent to an internment camp. Upon his release (and after escaping imprisonment by the Gestapo), the artist fled to the Untied States, where he lived for several years. His paintings from this period often depict landscapes of decaying buildings, overtaken by nature. Utilizing decalcomania, a technique which entails pressing paint between two surfaces, Ernst created a number of otherworldly vistas, including Marlene (1940-41), Europe After the Rain II (1940-42) andThe Eye of Silence (1943-44).

In 1946, Ernst moved to Sedona, Arizona, with the artist Dorothea Tanning. There, he created numerous paintings and sculptures influenced by Hopi Indian culture. He returned to Paris in 1953, where he lived the remainder of his life, producing unique Surrealist works until the end.

Leonor Fini (1907-1996)

Born in Buenos Aires, Fini moved to Paris during the early 1930s, where she first gained recognition for her art. A painter, illustrator, designer and writer, she participated in several Surrealist exhibitions, though refused to officially join the Paris group, maintaining her independence. Fini's paintings evoke a dream-like world, often featuring alluring women in provocative situations. Cats and sphinx-like creatures also appear in a number of her works. A few examples are Sphinx Philagra (1945), The End of the World (1949),The Keeper of the Fenix (1954) and The Troubled Night (1978).

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

A Swiss sculptor and artist, Giacometti joined the Paris Surrealists in 1930, contributing to the periodicals Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution and Minotaure. His early object-sculptures are psychological in nature, often featuring primitive shapes with symbolic or erotic overtones. Made from plaster, wood or metal, these works influenced the Paris group's exploration of "surrealist objects". Some examples are Suspended Ball (1930), The Palace at 4 A.M. (1932), Woman With Her Throat Cut (1932) and Flower in Danger(1933). Perhaps Giacometti's most renowned works came after his expulsion from the Surrealist group in 1935. His post-War sculptures capture ethereal, stretched-out human figures, sometimes with an air of isolation and anxiety. Among his works from this period are The Hand (1947), Walking Man (1947) and The Forest (1950).

Valentine Hugo (1887-1968)

An active participant in the Surrealist Movement during the 1930s, Hugo drew portraits of many key members, including Breton, Eluard, Crevel and Péret. Her work often features white or colored lines drawn against a dark backdrop, emphasizing the contrast between light and shadows. Among the many books she provided illustrations for are Lautréamont's Chants de Maldoror (1933), Achim d'Arnim's Contes Bizarres (1933) and Eluard's Les Animaux et Leurs Hommes (1937). In addition to her drawings, Hugo designed sets and costumes for the theater and ballet, initially in partnership with her husband Jean Hugo (the great-grandson of Victor Hugo). She also created Surrealist objects and oil paintings, as well as collaborated on several exquisite corpse experiments.

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

Though she never regarded herself as a Surrealist, Kahlo created images that were dream-like and Surrealist in nature. In 1938, André Breton visited the artist and her husband, Diego Rivera, at their home in Mexico. (The exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was also staying with the couple at the time.) Breton initiated an exhibit of Kahlo's work at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, followed by a Paris show in 1939. Highly symbolic in nature, Kahlo's paintings expressed her own physical and psychological pain, while incorporating influences from indigenous Mexican culture. Among her memorable canvases are What the Water Gave Me(1938), The Two Fridas (1939), The Dream (1940), The Broken Column(1944) and Tree of Hope (1946).

Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982)

A Cuban artist, Lam met the Paris Surrealists in 1939, the same year his paintings were first exhibited in the city. Influenced by Afro-Cuban culture, as well as the Cubism of Picasso, Lam's work is a unique blend of primitive and modern art. He collaborated with Breton on the book Fata Morgana (1940-41) and later traveled to Haiti with the Surrealist leader. Among his notable paintings are The Jungle (1942-44), The Murmur (1943), Les Noches (1947) and Rumor of the Earth (1950).

René Magritte (1898-1967)

Magritte was a key figure in the Belgian Surrealist movement, as well as a participant in the Paris group's activities during the late 1920s. His paintings often place ordinary objects in unusual and unexpected contexts, thus forcing the viewer to observe reality in a new way. Unlike many of the Paris Surrealist artists, Magritte made no attempts at automatism, instead exploring images that were consciously arrived upon, presented in a realistic manner. Equally witty and menacing, the artist's efforts to "put the real world on trial" left an indelible mark on Surrealism. Among his many masterpieces are The Threatened Assassin (1927), Discovery (1927),The Lovers (1928), Titanic Days (1928), The False Mirror (1928), The Treachery of Images (1928-29) and The Dominion of Lights (1954).

Georges Malkine (1898-1970)

Among the early participants in the Surrealist movement, Malkine contributed articles to La Révolution Surréaliste and exhibited paintings at the Surrealist gallery in Paris. Some of his early work demonstrates a gift for automatism, featuring abstract forms with Dada and Cubist influences. Examples are Attraction (1926) andWhat I Saw In That Eye (1931). Other canvases, such as The Storm(1926), depict dream-like landscapes. During the 1930s, Malkine found work as an actor, appearing in twenty films. His late return to painting during the 1960s produced more than one hundred works, highlighted by his Demeure series, a collection of images depicting buildings (or "dwellings"), symbolic of various artistic personalities. Included in the cycle are portraits of Breton, Desnos and Artaud.

André Masson (1896-1987)

An important practitioner of automatic drawing and painting, Masson attempted to express through his art the workings of the subconscious mind, free from rational thought. His creations from the mid 1920s, including Man (1924), Two Nudes (1924) andConstellations (1925), combine spontaneously drawn shapes and figures with elements of Cubism. Several of his works from this period also feature glue and sand, hurled onto the canvas: Battle of Fishes (1926) and Strollers (1927). By the 1930s, Masson's relationship with Breton had waned, as he contributed to Bataille's periodicals Documents and Acéphale. His paintings became more structured, often portraying violent and erotic images, with vibrant colors. Some examples are Emblematic View of Toledo (1936), The Pianotaur (1937), In the Tower of Sleep (1938) and Gradiva (1939). After a four year stay in the United States, Masson returned to Paris in 1945, where his canvases grew more abstract. He lived there until his death, at the age of 91.

Roberto Matta (1911-2002)

Born in Chile, Matta first met the Paris Surrealists during the late 1930s, contributing to the periodical Minotaure. His oil paintings of the period, referred to as "psychological morpholgy" or "inscapes", are attempts to capture the human psyche in visual form. This internal perspective is often merged with renderings of external, cosmic landscapes, possibly influenced by the canvases of Tanguy. Some examples are Crucifixion (1938), Invasion of the Night (1941) and The Earth is a Man (1942). Matta's work of the 1950s and 60s took on political themes, expressing the artist's concern for the growing destruction and slaughter perpetrated by human beings. La Question Djamila (1960) was motivated by the French/Algerian War, while his massive Burn, Baby, Burn (1965-66) reflected the horrors of Vietnam. Known primarily for his paintings, Matta also created sculptures, photographs and drawings. His exploration of internal thought, as well as the outer cosmos, was key to the development of post-War Surrealist art.

Joan Miró (1893-1983)

A Spanish artist and sculptor, Miró participated in the Surrealist Movement during the 1920s. His early paintings, including Vegetable Garden With Donkey (1918) and The Farm (1921-22), are earthy depictions of the Catalan landscape, demonstrating a sensitivity toward nature. By 1923, the artist's imagery had moved away from observed reality and toward a child-like symbolism. Among his seminal works from this period are The Tilled Field (1923-24), The Hunter (1923-24) and The Harlequin's Carnival (1924-25). With The Birth of the World (1925), Miró created a wash of dark colors upon his canvas, out of which emerged forms and lines, suggesting the origins of both human thought and the universe. The presence of amorphous shapes, floating in an undefined space, characterize much of his subsequent work. Examples are Personages and Mountains (1936), The Song of the Nightingale and the Morning Rain(1940), Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman (1941) andThe Red Disk (1960).

In addition to his paintings, Miró created sculptures, Surrealist objects, ceramics, murals and set designs for Russian dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev. His unique, internal perspective, brimming with humor and innocence, left a lasting impression on Surrealist art.

Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985)

Oppenheim was a Swiss artist and object maker who actively participated in the Paris group's activities during the 1930s. After appearing in a number of erotic photographs taken by Man Ray, she gained notoriety in 1936 for her Object (Le déjeuner en fourrure), a fur-covered teacup, saucer & spoon. Among Oppenheim's other notable creations are My Nurse (1936; made from a shoe), Fur Gloves With Wooden Fingers (1936) and Table With Bird's Feet (1939).

Richard Oelze (1900-1980)

A German artist who studied privately with Paul Klee, Oelze moved to Paris in 1933, where he took part in several Surrealist exhibits. Utilizing a technique similar to Max Ernst's "frottage", his paintings blend unusual patterns with ghostly images. His best known work isExpectations (1935-36), which depicts twenty hat-wearing individuals, staring hypnotically into the night sky. Other notable works include At the River of Complaints (1955), White Dove (1963-64) and Invention of a Dream (1966).

Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959)

Paalen was an Austrian artist and theorist who joined the Paris Surrealists in 1936. His canvases feature an array of unusual patterns, created with smoke and soot from burning candles, and mixed with painted images. Works that utilized this technique (known as "fumage") include Fata Alaska (1937), The Strangers (1937) and Plumages (1938). In addition to his paintings, Paalen created a number of Surrealist objects, most notably Nuage articulé (1937), an umbrella made with sponges. After his move to Mexico in 1939, the artist's output became more abstract. While there, he helped organize the International Surrealist Exhibition in the Galeria de Arte Mexicano, as well as published the periodical DYN.

Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

A French painter and poet, Picabia contributed to several artistic movements, while remaining true to his independent spirit. A participant in the 1913 Armory Show in New York, he gained recognition for his Cubist-inspired works, such as Dances at the Spring (1912) and Catch As Catch Can (1913). Shortly after, he took part in New York Dada, along with Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, painting metaphoric images of machinery and mechanical devices:Reverence (1915), Amorous Parade (1917) and The Child Carburetor(1919).

By the 1920s, Picabia had returned to Paris, where he engaged in Dada and early Surrealist activities. His art of the period features unusual materials, like feathers, matches, sticks and strings, glued onto the canvas. Examples are Dance of Saint Guy (1920), Plumes(1925) and Women's Matches (1925). These works were followed by a series of drawings and paintings known as "transparencies", which depict objects from various perspectives, each overlapping the other, thus resulting in a three-dimensional effect. Some highlights include Hera (1929), Salome (1930) and Adam and Eve (1931).

In addition to his paintings, Picabia provided illustrations forLittérature and numerous other periodicals. He wrote an experimental ballet, Relâche, which was staged in Paris in 1924, with music by Eric Satie. He also appeared in Rene Clair's film Entr'acte, originally presented during the ballet's intermission. Though Picabia denounced Surrealism in a special issue of his publication 391, the artist's independence, as well as his irreverence and sense of humor, became a model for many future Surrealists.

Man Ray (1890-1976)

An American artist, photographer and filmmaker, Ray took part in New York Dada, before moving to Paris in 1921. Inspired by Duchamp's "ready mades", he created numerous objects, includingThe Enigma of Isadore Ducasse (1920; a sewing machine covered in cloth and twine), Gift (1921; a flatiron with metal tacks attached to its bottom) and Object To Be Destroyed (1923; a metronome with a picture of an eye on it's pendulum). Perhaps best known for his photography, Ray took portraits of many prominent artists and writers of the era, while also exploring more avant-garde techniques with his camera. His series of "rayographs" feature shadowy images, created by placing objects directly onto the surface of photographic paper, then exposing them to light. His Violon d'Ingres (1924) captures the back and buttocks of a nude woman (Kiki de Montparnasse), with the f holes from a violin printed onto the picture, thus transforming the female body into a musical instrument. Other memorable photos include Black and White (1926),Woman With Flowing Hair (1930) and Tears (1930).

A participant in numerous Surrealist exhibitions, Ray emerged as one of the movement's key figures. He directed several experimental films, such as Le Retour á la Raison (1923), Emak-Bakia (1926) andL'Étoile de Mer (1928), as well as appeared onscreen in Rene Clair'sEntr'acte (1924). In addition to his work with a camera, Ray created many paintings and drawings. Observatory Time - The Lovers (1932-34), is perhaps his most celebrated canvas, depicting a giant pair of lips, floating in the sky. Another important work, Imaginary Portrait of D.A.F. de Sade (1938), portrays the infamous French writer as a stone figure, overlooking the Bastille, engulfed in flames. Among Ray's other notable paintings are The Fortune (1938), Picture Puzzle(1938) and Le Beau Temps (1939).

Pierre Roy (1880-1950)

Though he never officially joined the Paris group, Roy was friendly with several of its members, and took part in the first Surrealist exhibition in 1925. Perhaps influenced by his colleagues Giorgio de Chirico and Alberto Savinio, Roy's paintings are Metaphysical in nature, featuring ordinary objects in unusual spaces. Toys and "found items", such as ribbons, stones, strips of paper and small eggs, often appear in his imagery, capturing a sense of childhood curiosity and innocence. Among his memorable works are Danger on the Stairs (1927), A Naturalist's Study (1928), Daylight Saving Time(1929) and Country Fair (1930).

Kay Sage (1898-1963)

Sage was an American artist and poet, who moved to Paris during the 1930s, establishing contact with Breton and his circle. After the outbreak of World War II, she returned to the United States, accompanied by Yves Tanguy, who she later married. Sage's paintings are often characterized by mysterious, empty structures, capturing a sense of loneliness and isolation. Sometimes buildings and figures are presented, wrapped in drape-like coverings, making the objects underneath unidentifiable. Though her work reveals the influence of other Surrealist artists, especially Tanguy, de Chirico and Dalí, Sage created images that were quite unique and personal. Among her many canvases are My Room Has Two Doors (1938),Margin of Silence (1942), Tomorrow Is Never (1955) and The Passage(1956).

Jindrich Styrský (1899-1942)

A Czech artist, photographer and poet, Styrský moved to Paris during the mid 1920s, developing a new approach to painting he called "artificialism". Working closely with his creative partner Toyen, the two delved deep into their inner worlds, capturing images that were both complex and provocative. During the 1930s, Styrský co-founded The Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia, editing several periodicals and providing photomontages for a variety of publications. His creations often feature a grotesque sense of humor, as well as a revolt against traditional thought. Among his many works are the collections of drawings Apocalypse (1929) andAfter the Flood (1929); the photographic cycles Frog Man (1934), Man With Blinkers (1934) and Parisian Afternoon (1935); the collage cycleVanity Case (1934); and the paintings Melancholy (1937) and Gift(1937).

Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)

Tanguy took part in Surrealist activities during the 1920s and 30s, initially exploring the possibilities of automatic drawing. He provided illustrations for many group publications, as well as collaborated on a number of exquisite corpse experiments. Though lacking any formal training, Tanguy taught himself to paint, emerging as a truly unique artist within the movement. His canvases feature an air of mystery, as well as child-like curiosity, exploring strange, otherworldly landscapes, populated with abstract forms and objects. Among his many memorable works are Storm {Black Landscape} (1926), Mama, Papa Is Wounded! (1927), The Palace Windows With Rocks (1942) and Through Birds Through Fire But Not Through Glass (1943).

Dorethea Tanning (1910-2012)

An American painter, sculptor and writer, Tanning moved to New York City during the 1940s, where she met and fell in love with the exiled Surrealist Max Ernst. The two were married in 1946, eventually settling in Sedona, Arizona. Tanning's early paintings, such as The Birthday (1942), A Little Night Music (1943) and Maternity(1946), reveal the influence of Pierre Roy, while also exploring a more personal, dream-like vision of mothers, children and monsters. By the mid 1950s, her imagery began to splinter, moving further and further toward abstraction, yet still containing remnants of the female form. Examples are Insomnias (1957) and Ignotti Nulla Cupido (1960). Throughout her long life (she celebrated her 100th birthday in 2010), Tanning created numerous paintings, drawings and collages. An updated version of her memoir Birthday and Between Lives was published in 2001.

Toyen (1902-1980)

A member of the Czech Surrealist group, Toyen moved to Paris during the 1920s, where she developed, along with Jindrich Styrský, an abstract approach to painting called Artificialism. She collaborated with several Paris Surrealists, including Breton and Péret, creating sketches, book illustrations and collages, often of an erotic nature. Among her many works are The Abandoned Corset(1937), Relâche (1943) and The Smile (1967).

Remedios Varo (1908-1963)

Varo met Benjamin Péret during the 1930s, eventually moving with him from Barcelona to Paris, where she took part in Surrealist activities. During the War, the two fled Europe, making their way to Mexico, where they settled. It was here Varo developed her mature style as an artist, combining elements of allegory with personal, dream-like images, often depicting isolated female figures in unusual environments. A few of her memorable works are Double Agent (1936), Caravan (1955), Star Catcher (1956) and To Be Reborn(1960).

Important Precursors

Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)

A true precursor to Surrealist Art, Bosch was perhaps five hundred years ahead of his time. Born in Den Bosch in the Netherlands, he created dream-like worlds, overflowing with intricite details and religious symbolism. Bosch's unrestrained imagination is remarkable, often revealing a grotesque sense of humor, while conjuring up relentless images of debauchery, torture and spiritual temptation. His triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights includes a right panel set in Hell. Among its endless highlights are: A bird-headed monster sitting on a toilet-like throne, defecating sinners into a hole below; a knife slicing through two giant ears, forming a phallic symbol; a musician crucified to the strings of a harp, while another nude figure plays a flute with his rear end; and a pig in nun's clothes kissing a sinner, as two dogs in armor eat a man nearby. The nightmarish quality and boundless imagery that Bosch depicts in this work are unparalleled in the world of art. Among his other masterpieces are the triptychs The Last Judgement and The Temptation of Saint Anthony.

Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569)

A Flemish painter and printmaker, Bruegel is perhaps best-known for his landscapes and peasant scenes, which depict the rituals of 16th Century village life in an earthy and unsentimental manner. Examples are Netherlandish Proverbs (1559) and Children's Games(1560). However, as a precursor to Surrealism, his two most important canvases may be The Triumph of Death (1562) and Mad Meg(1562). The former portrays an army of skeletons attacking helpless villagers, while the latter conjures up a nightmarish vision of Hell. Influenced by Bosch, these works reveal an unrestrained imagination and attention to detail worthy of the older Dutch master.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)

Archimboldo was an Italian artist best known for his portaits of heads comprised of unusual objects. For example, his series The Seasons (1573) includes four paintings of heads captured in side profile: Winter features an old man, whose head is made up entirely of tree parts, while Spring depicts a figure made of flowers. Summerand Autumn are portraits composed of vegetables and fruits. Another series, Air, Fire, Earth and Water (1566-70), contains portraits comprised of birds, fire, animals and fish respectively. Among Archimboldo's other unique paintings are The Vegetable Gardener (1590), which appears to be a bowl of vegetables when viewed right side up, but, when turned upside down, becomes a grotesque face; and Adam and Eve (1578), whose profiles are made of naked children.

Man Ray works

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Man Ray works

Man Ray was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements

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Joan Miró a Spanish Catalan painter

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Joan Miró a Spanish Catalan painter

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Joan Miró

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Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his birth city in 1975.Wikipedia

Born: April 20, 1893, Barcelona

Died: December 25, 1983, Palma de Mallorca

Spouse: Pilar Juncosa

Artwork: Dona i Ocell, The Farm, Still Life with Old Shoe, The Birth of the World, More

Children: Dolores Miró

Parents: Dolores Ferrà, Miquel Miró Adzerias

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Joan Miró (1893-1983)

He soon became known in the community as a Surrealist because of his love for automatism and the use of sexual symbols in much of his work. Joan Miro was very much against the established painting methods of the time, and is often credited with being the founder of automatic drawing. Automatic drawing is the process of allowing the hand to move randomly on the canvas, leaving the artwork to chance. Many Surrealists believed that this form of drawing would reveal something about the subconscious human mind. For Joan Miro, automatic drawing was also a way to breaking free from conventional form. Miro was very much against bourgeois art, claiming that it was used for propaganda and the promotion of a wealthy culture. Miro referred to his work as the assassination of painting.

During the height of his career, Joan Miro experimented with many different types of art form, refusing to commit to one artistic movement. Later in his career he began experimenting with tapestry. In 1974 he created World Trade Center Tapestry for the newly constructed Twin Towers. This work would later become the most expensive piece of art lost in the World Trade Center attacks of September 11th.

Joan Miro also began to delve into other aspects of media, including ceramics and window paintings. Some of his more radical ideas included four-dimensional art, and gas sculptures, though he was never able to put these ideas into practice.

Perhaps his most important work of art in the United States is a glass mural titled Personnage Oiseaux, which was made for the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University in Kansas. Joan Miro began this large two-dimensional project at the age of 79, and it was not completely until he was 85 years old. The mural is made up of one million pieces of marble and Venetian glass, mounted on a special type of wood, and was attatched to the concrete wall of the museum. It was the first glass mosaic ever attempted by Miro, and though he wanted to make more, his deteriorating health prevented any future attempts of another project.

At the time of his death, Joan Miro was bedridden from heart disease and respiratory complications. He died at his home in Palma, Mallorca on December 25th, 1983. He is buried in his home town of Barcelona, near a museum that is dedicated entirely to his work. Today, his works are displayed in museums and galleries all over the world, and sell for anywhere between $250,000 and $17 million.

René Magritte

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René Magritte

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René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fell under the umbrella of surrealism. Wikipedia

Born: November 21, 1898, Lessines

Died: August 15, 1967, Lessines

Spouse: Georgette Berger (m. 1922)

Buried: Schaarbeek Cemetery

Movies: La fidélité des images

Artwork

The Treachery Of Images

The Son of Man

1964

Golconda

1953

Time Transfixed

1938

Not to be Reproduced

1937

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René Magritte (1898-1967)

Magritte's earliest oil paintings, which date from about 1915, were Impressionistic in style. From 1916 to 1918 he studied at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under Constant Montald, but found the instruction uninspiring. The oil paintings he produced during the years 1918-1924 were influenced by Futurism and by the offshoot of Cubism practiced by Metzinger. Most of his works of this period are female nudes.

In 1922 Magritte married Georgette Berger, whom he had met as a child in 1913. From December 1920 until September 1921, Magritte served in the Belgian infantry in the Flemish town of Beverlo near Leopoldsburg. In 1922-1923, he worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory, and was a poster and advertisement designer until 1926, when a contract with Galerie la Centaure in Brussels made it possible for him to paint full-time. In 1926, Magritte produced his first surreal oil painting, The Lost Jockey (Le jockey perdu), and held his first exhibition in Brussels in 1927. Critics heaped abuse on the exhibition. Depressed by the failure, he moved to Paris where he became friends with Andre Breton, and became involved in the surrealist group.

Galerie la Centaure closed at the end of 1929, ending Magritte's contract income. Having made little impact in Paris, Magritte returned to Brussels in 1930 and resumed working in advertising. He and his brother, Paul, formed an agency which earned him a living wage.

Surrealist patron Edward James allowed Magritte, in the early stages of his career, to stay rent free in his London home and paint. James is featured in two of Magritte's pieces, Le Principe du Plaisir (The Pleasure Principle) and La Reproduction Interdite, an oil painting also known as Not to be Reproduced.

During the German occupation of Belgium in World War II he remained in Brussels, which led to a break with Breton. He briefly adopted a colorful, painterly style in 1943-44, an interlude known as his "Renoir Period", as a reaction to his feelings of alienation and abandonment that came with living in German occupied Belgium. In 1946, renouncing the violence and pessimism of his earlier work, he joined several other Belgian artists in signing the manifesto Surrealism in Full Sunlight. During 1947-48-Magritte's "Vache Period"-he painted in a provocative and crude Fauve style. During this time, Magritte supported himself through the production of fake Picassos, Braques and Chiricos-a fraudulent repertoire he was later to expand into the printing of forged banknotes during the lean postwar period. This venture was undertaken alongside his brother Paul Magritte and fellow Surrealist and 'surrogate son' Marcel Marien, to whom had fallen the task of selling the forgeries. At the end of 1948, he returned to the style and themes of his prewar surrealistic art.

His work was exhibited in the United States in New York in 1936 and again in that city in two retrospective exhibitions, one at the Museum of Modern Art in 1965, and the other at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1992.

Magritte died of pancreatic cancer on 15 August 1967 in his own bed, and was interred in Schaerbeek Cemetery, Evere, Brussels.

Popular interest in Magritte's work rose considerably in the 1960s, and his imagery has influenced pop, minimalist and conceptual art. In 2005 he came 9th in the Walloon version of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian); in the Flemish version he was 18th.

Marcel Duchamp

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Marcel Duchamp

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Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Wikipedia

Born: July 28, 1887, Blainville-Crevon

Died: October 2, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Education: Lycée Pierre-Corneille

Songs: The Creative Act, Musical Sculpture, An Interview

Spouse: Alexina Duchamp (m. 1954–1968), Lydie Sarazin-Lavassor (m. 1927–1928)

Artwork

Fountain

1917

Nude Descending a Stairc...

1912

L.H.O.O.Q.

1919

The Bride Stripped Bare By...

1923

Bicycle Wheel

1913

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Franz Kline

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Franz Kline

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Franz Jozef Kline was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement centered around New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Wikipedia

Born: May 23, 1910, Wilkes-Barre

Died: May 13, 1962, New York City

Education: Boston University

Period: Abstract expressionism

Artwork: Painting Number 2, Le Gros, Lehigh V Span,Painting, Untitled, Chief

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FRANZ KLINE QUOTES

"If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone."

"The nature of anguish is translated into different forms."

"You instinctively like what you can't do."

"It's a wonderful thing to be in love with The Square."

"You paint the way you have to in order to give. That's life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product of knowing, but it has nothing to do with knowing, it has to do with giving."

"I paint the white as well as the black, and the white is just as important."

Franz Kline is most famous for his black and white abstractions, which have been likened variously to New York's cityscape, the landscape of his childhood home in rural Pennsylvania, and Japanese calligraphy.
The poet and curator Frank O'Hara saw Kline as the quintessential 'action painter', and Kline's black and white paintings certainly helped establish gestural abstraction as an important tendency within Abstract Expressionism. Yet Kline saw his method less as a means to express himself than as a way to create a physical engagement with the viewer.
The powerful forms of his motifs, and their impression of velocity, were intended to translate into an experience of structure and presence which the viewer could almost palpably feel.
Kline's reluctance to attribute hidden meanings to his pictures was important in recommending his work to a later generation of Minimalist sculptors such as Donald Juddand Richard Serra.

American Abstract Expressionist Franz Kline is best known for large black and white paintings bearing abstract motifs set down with strident confidence. He started out as a realist with a fluent style that he perfected during an academic training that encouraged him to admire Old Masters such as Rembrandt. But after settling in New York and meetingWillem de Kooning, he began to evolve his signature abstract approach. By the end of his life he had achieved immense international recognition, and his unusual approach to gestural abstraction was beginning to influence the ideas of many Minimalists.

Man Ray

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Man Ray

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Man Ray was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Wikipedia

Born: August 27, 1890, Philadelphia

Died: November 18, 1976, Paris

Artwork: Gift, Space Writing,

Periods: Dada, Surrealism

Movies

Le Retour à la Raison

Emak-Bakia

1926

The Starfish

1928

Dreams That Money...

1947

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David Lynch on Lost Highway

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"A 21st Century Noir Horror Film.
A graphic investigation into parallel indentity crises.
A world where time is dangerously out of control.
A terrifying ride down the lost highway."

(1996)

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David Lynch on Lost Highway:

"It doesn't do any good to say, 'This is what it means.' When you are spoon fed a film, people instantly know what it is. I like films that leave room to dream."
- Cinefantastique, April 1997

"Barry may have his idea of what the film means, and I may have my idea, and they may be two different things. The beauty of an abstract film is it's open to interpretation."
- Cinefantastique, April 1997

"You can say that a lot of Lost Highway is internal. It's Fred's story. It's not a dream: It's realistic, though according to Fred's logic. But I don't want to say too much. The reason is: I love mysteries. To fall into a mystery and its danger ... everything becomes so intense in those moments. When most mysteries are solved, I feel tremendously let down. So I want things to feel solved up to a point, but there's got to be a certain percentage left over to keep the dream going."
- Rolling Stone, March 6, 1997

"There's a beguiling and magnetic mood. There's so much darkness, and there's so much room to dream. They're mysteries and there are people in trouble, and uneasiness."
- Filmmaker, Winter 1997

"I don't like pictures that are one genre only, so this (Lost Highway) is a combination of things. Horror. Thriller. But basically it's a mystery."
- Sight and Sound, July 1996

"Barry Gifford wrote a book called Night People, and in it a character used the phrase 'lost highway'. I mentioned to Barry that I just loved this title, 'Lost Highway', and that we should write something together. And he said, 'Well, let's do it.' That was about a year before we actually got together on the script. But that phrase, you know, sparked it."
- Lynch on Lynch, Faber and Faber publishing.

"It's about a couple who feel that somewhere, just on the border of consciousness - or on the other side of that border - are bad, bad problems. But they can't bring them into the real world and deal with them. So this bad feeling is just hovering there, and the problems abstract themselves and become other things. It just becomes like a bad dream. There are unfortunate things that happen to people, and this story is about that. It depicts an unfortunate occurrence, and gives you the feeling of a man in trouble. A thinking man in trouble."
- Lynch on Lynch, Faber and Faber publishing.

Barry Gifford on Lost Highway:

"Let's say you don't want to be yourself anymore. Something happens to you, and you just show up in Seattle, living under the name Joe Smith, with a whole different reality. It means that you're trying to escape something, and that's basically what Fred Madison does. He gets into a fugue state, which in this case means that he can't go anywhere - he's in a prison cell, so it's happening internally, within his own mind. But things don't work out any better in the fugue state than they do in real life. He can't control the woman any more than he could in real life. You might say this is an explanation for what happens. However, this is not a complete explanation for the film. Things happen in this film that are not - and should not be - easily explained."
- Rolling Stone, March 6, 1997

"We realized we didn't want to make something that was linear, and that's why the Moebius strip [as the film's structure]. A Moebius strip is a long strip of paper curved initially into a circle, but with one end flipped over. The strip now has only one side that flips both inside and outside the shape. It made it easier to explain things to ourselves and keeping it straightforward. The story folds back underneath itself and continues."
-Film Threat, 1997

Patricia Arquette on Lost Highway:

"It's striaght out scary. It's very dark. It's not for kids or for people who want some light fair."
- The Tonight Show, February 28, 1997

"One of my characters is this man's wife, who's always sort of afar, and there's always this...the divorce word is always between them but they never say it. The more he needs her sex, the less she gives him. The more he needs her love, the less she has for him. It's a sort of dead relationship, this cold, adversarily relationship. He kills her and then he recreates himself as this young veral guy and has this girlfriend who needs him and wants to sleep with him and loves him and wants him to save her. But his whole fantasy again turns to shit because he's just a sick man."
- Hollywood Online

"You feel David in his movies. It's another Universe he takes you to. It's like an alternate reality, close enough to our own to be really distrubing.
- "Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch"

Bill Pullman on Lost Highway:

"It's a very, kind of scary movie, and very enigmatic - a lot of questions it raises."
- Today Show, February 20, 1997

Natasha Gregson Wagner on Lost Highway:

I wouldn't say that I understand the script completely, but I like that. I know that when I see the movie I'm going to be surprised by how it all fits together. We all have our own fantasies about what the secret of Lost Highway is. At times, in David's direction, he'll give you an idea and you'll think you're on to something. Then the next day it will be completely the opposite.
- Sight and Sound, July 1996

DAVID LYNCH COFFEE COMMERCIALS

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fIRE WAKE WITH ME: DAVID LYNCH COFFEE COMMERCIALS

We haven’t seen much output from David Lynch since 2006′s Inland Empire. So what has the auteur filmmaker responsible for cult classics like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Miley Cyrus’ careerbeen up to, other than delivering weather reports from his webcam and jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Well apparently Mr. Lynch has been selling his own brand of coffee called David Lynch Signature Cup. Now the director (who admits to having a 20-cup-a-day habit) has released a new commercial for his product containing the kind of nightmare-ish sounds and visuals that he’s known for. (embedding disabled for flash, but you can watch the clip over at Huffington Post)

I can’t say whether I’m disappointed the brief dialogue wasn’t spoken in reverse by a dancing midget, but what is surprising is that this doesn’t even come close to the weirdness of the last commercial he produced for his brand, which was basically four minutes of himself conversing with a disembodied Barbie doll head over carnival music and sirens.

I’m not sure why the man even bothers making these bizarre spots… This super-cut of Agent Dale Cooper savoring his cuppa-joe in Twin Peaks (below) says more than any Juan Valdez commercial or Folgers jingle ever could…

But perhaps it’s all an act of subversion. As AdWeek put things into focus, “Lynch is famously ambivalent about marketing. He’s directed a number of ads, and is now an advertiser himself. But he had a famously great response to an interviewer who once asked him about product placement in movies…” (NSFW):

David Lynch Mulholland Drive

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David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous netherworld of Hollywood. A beautiful woman (Laura Elena Harring) riding in a limousine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles from the wreck with a head wound, and in time makes her way into an apartment with no idea of where or who she is. As it turns out, the apartment is home to an elderly woman who is out of town, and is allowing her niece Betty (Naomi Watts) to stay there; Betty is a small-town girl from Canada who wants to be an actress, and her aunt was able to arrange an audition with a film director for her. Betty befriends the injured woman, who begins calling herself "Rita" after seeing a poster of Rita Hayworth. While Betty's audition impresses a casting agent, and she catches the eye of hotshot director Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux), Kesher's producers and moneymen insist with no small vehemence that he instead cast a woman named Camilla Rhodes. As Rita attempts to put the pieces of her life back together, she pulls the name Diane Selwyn from her memory; Rita thinks it could be her real name, but when she and Betty find a listing for Diane Selwyn and visit her apartment, they discover the latest victim of a mysterious killer who is eluding police detective Harry McKnight (Robert Forster). Rita's emotional identity soon takes a left turn, and it turns out that neither woman is quite who she once appeared to be. David Lynch originally conceived Mulholland Drive as the pilot film for a television series; after the ABC television network rejected the pilot and declined to air it, the French production film StudioCanal took over the project, and Lynch reshot and re-edited the material into a theatrical feature. The resulting version of Mulholland Drive premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where David Lynch shared Best Director honors with Joel Coen. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Mulholland Drive

David Lynch’s works have always existed in a world of their own, from 1976′s Eraserhead and 1980′s The Elephant Man, right through Twin Peaks and 1996′s Inland Empire, the writer/director has always enjoyed toying with the surreal; twisting the bounds of fantasy and reality. Perhaps, arguably, none of his films did this more effectively or evocatively than 2001′s Mulholland Drive.

A neo-noir anachronistic pulp fiction trip through the dark underbelly of Hollywood, Mulholland Drive throws away any notion of traditional, linear storytelling in favor of blending of fantasy and reality where you’re never really sure what’s real, or which direction you’re heading.

It’s Hollywood, and the pie-eyed blonde Canadian actress Betty (Naomi Watts) has arrived at her aunt’s place to find a mysterious and beautiful brunette, Rita (Laura Elena Harring) who’s been in a car accident and lost her memory. Betty endeavors to aid Rita regain her memory, and it takes the two down a strange path where the dream world and the real world collide. Their story intersects with a film director (Justin Theroux) being strong-armed into hiring an actress in the lead role of his film by two gangsters, but his connection to the two ladies may run deeper than it seems.

Sexy, sleek, dark, and erotic, Mullholland Drive is filled with esoteric symbolism. It is wide open to interpretation, particularly given Lynch’s brilliant and completely unpredictable plot twist that turns Mulholland Drive into two different films, forcing viewers to reinterpret what they’d come to assume during the first part of the film. But, what is the reality? That, I am afraid, is for you or anyone to decide. Brilliant.

This Blu-ray offers a nice, clean 1080p encoding of Mulholland Drive that is unhindered by any processing or compression artifacts. The artistic nature of the production is such that detail is purposely soft and lighting diffuse, but the film looks good in this edition. There’s a nice layer of grain that remains consistent, flesh tones look realistic, and shadow detail is nicely extended. The midrange tones are warm and contrast is strong without clipping.

The mostly ambient soundtrack, provided in an English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix (48kHz/16-bit), provides strong, clean dialogue, but it can get downright boomy at times when the score kicks in, sometimes become a little overwhelming. Still, it provides for good, engulfing entertainment.

The numerous new and recycled bonus materials offer good background and insight into David Lynch’s thought-provoking drama.

The supplements provided with this release are:

Introduction by Thierry Jousse (1.78:1; HD)

In the Blue Box (1.78:1; HD) – A retrospective documentary featuring directors and critics

On the Road to Mulholland Drive (1.33:1; PAL)

Interviews:

Marie Sweney

Angelo Badalamenti

Angelo Badalamenti: audio interview. 10 Years After

Back to Mulholland Drive (1.33:1; PAL)

Booklet: Essay by Adam Woodward, Journalist. Adam Wodward has worked as online editor for Little White Lies magazine since 2009 and currently writes for a number of film-related publications, including Playground magazine and Eye For Film.

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Optimum and The StudioCanal Collection do a wonderful job bringing yet another one of David Lynch’s masterpieces to high definition with this solid Blu-ray effort of Mulholland Drive. This film is not to be missed under any circumstances.

David Lynch

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David Lynch

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David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Wikipedia

Born: January 20, 1946 (age 66), Missoula

Artwork: Dog And Child Near My House, More

Spouse: Emily Stofle (m. 2009), Mary Sweeney(m. 2006–2006), More

Albums: Crazy Clown Time, Music of Twin Peaks,BlueBob, Fox Bat Strategy, The Air Is on Fire

Children: Jennifer Lynch, Austin Jack Lynch,Riley Lynch

THOUGH HE'S OFTEN assumed to be as peculiar as the creepy characters his movies feature, in person director David Lynch seems to have less in common with the Pabst-swilling sadist Frank Booth in "Blue Velvet," and more with do-gooder Special Agent Dale Cooper, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in "Twin Peaks."

For starters, despite his proclivity for the outer limits, there's no place like home for the Missoula, Mont.-born maker of such profane films as "Mulholland Drive" and "Lost Highway" and humane ones as "The Straight Story" and "The Elephant Man."

"What I really like is to be at home, working," he said one recent sundown from the penthouse suite of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, near the residence he shares with his wife, Emily.

The homebody element had been evident the evening before at Hollywood's labyrinthine Milk Studios. Guests were feting the 66-year-old filmmaker and painter for the debut of his collaboration with Dom Pérignon—he designed a signature look for a limited-edition run of vintage bottles. Mr. Lynch looked like a deer in the headlights, his grayish-blue eyes wary below his camera-friendly pompadour.

Even though 2001's "Mulholland Drive" stuck a star on then-newbie Naomi Watts's forehead, and earned Mr. Lynch his third Oscar nomination for best director, he has made only one feature-length movie since: 2006's "Inland Empire." In the meantime, he has focused on other passions—of which there are many.

Mr. Lynch embraced transcendental meditation around the time he made the 1977 curiosity "Eraserhead," and since 2005 has headed the David Lynch Foundation, a charity he created to fund the teaching of T.M. in schools. It's become a consuming mission.

He also has written a self-help memoir, "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity"; conceptualized and designed furnishings for a Paris nightclub-arts space called Silencio (named after the fright-house theater in "Mulholland Drive"); and released a solo CD, entitled "Crazy Clown Time." He and his wife are expecting a baby, who will be his fourth child.

Colleague Mel Brooks once called him "Jimmy Stewart from Mars." But despite his dark reputation, the former Eagle Scout is sincere, folksy and ha-ha funny. He uses the word "beautiful" to describe nearly everything.

The greatest thing my father left me was a love for cutting wood, my love for sawing, especially pine wood.

The most delicious food is far and away super-crisp, almost snapping-crisp bacon with two scrambled eggs, toasted hash browns, white toast with butter and jam, and coffee.

I have a coffee brand. But I'm not a businessman and I think my line of coffee will die the death this year. It's very hard to make a profit.

I have deep love for my Swatch watch.

I can't live without coffee, transcendental meditation, American Spirit cigarettes, a freedom to create ideas that flow and my sweet wife, Emily. And this business of just being able to work and think: It's really, really beautiful.

You don't need a special place tomeditate. You can transcend anywhere in the world. The unified field is here, and there, and everywhere. Maybe if you sat on a bed of nails to do it…no, not so much comfort. Find a comfy chair, though, close your eyes and away you go!

I don't paint the town red. But when I do go out, people always want to touch my hair. It happens every time.

I first started buttoning my shirt [all the way to the top] because, for some reason, my collarbone is very sensitive. And I don't like to feel wind on my collarbone.

The best cities of all are Los Angeles and Paris. They're where I feel most comfortable.

I used to deliver The Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. I did it to support myself while making "Eraserhead." I'd pick up my papers at 11:30 at night. I had throws that were particularly fantastic. There was one where I'd release the paper, which would soar with the speed of the car and slam into the front door of this building, triggering its lobby lights—a fantastic experience. Another one I called "The Big Whale." There was a place, the Fish Shanty, on La Cienega. A big whale's mouth was the front door you entered through. I'd throw a block before it, and hit the paper directly into the mouth.

One designer I love is [the late] Raymond Loewy. He redesigned the Coca-Cola bottle that stuck, designed the 1963 Avanti Studebaker…and his locomotives were incredibly beautiful.

I am currently working on some paintings and music. I am also trying to catch ideas for my next feature film. But I haven't caught the right ones yet.

My advice to finger-painters would be to go with your intuition: it's action and reaction. I paint with my fingers quite a bit. A brush will do a certain thing…but your finger will do a different thing.

I recently collected a toy telephone. It's from the 1940s and made of metal.

People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get these ideas that I truly fall in love with. And a good movie idea is often like a girl you're in love with, but you know she's not the kind of girl you bring home to your parents, because they sometimes hold some dark and troubling things.

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