so-re-al-ism
(sō-reǝ'-liz'ǝm) n. 1. A late 20th-century
artistic explosion that combines all previous
art movements and translates them into
actual movement. 2. A volatile mixture of
adrenalin, aesthetics and velocity. 3. Fun.
[Eng. so, to a great extent + real, actual;
genuine. That's so real, dude.]
Throughout history, artistic innovations have had
the power to intensely excite, inspire and disturb
people. From the two-dimensional contortions of
Cubism to the brutal purity of Minimalism, the
pioneers of truly progressive art refused to look at
life through the stale eyes of the status s quo.
Because
most members of modern society are terrified of
change and cling desperately to o what
at they know, art
movements often elicit conflict and uproar. Take
look around you, wheelhead, and you'll realize that
around you,
you're at the hub of the most impressive, insightful,
aesthetically stunning artistic revolution since Marcel
Duchamp nailed a bike wheel to a stool in 1913. You
a bike to
are living the age of the
Sorealism.
What is Sorealism? It is the combined force of a
century's creative development, expressed through
a natural, enjoyable medium. Sorealism tears artistic
ideologies out of sterile galleries and incestuously.
exclusive cliques and slaps them down on the pave-
pavo
ment for the whole world to see. It's art on real terms.
Impressionists redefined the technique of applying
paint to canvas, but it was still just paint on canvas.
The Sorealists have
redefined the technique of
applying pain to prowess,
and the end result is
almost as much fun to
watch as it is to create.
Sorealists transcend the
Futurists' rhetorical
Back in the 1930s, the Bauhaus aesthetic was influ-
enced by and derived from techniques and materials
employed in industrial fabrication. Sorealist Justin
Fink turns the tables by inflicting his own technique
on an industrial form. Photo by Sean Sullivan.
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