Vladimir Kush was born in Russia in 1965
and is still around today. Around the young age of seven years he had attended
art schools where he had studied Renaissance art, Impressionists and Modern
artists. When he was 17 he had enrolled in the Moscow Higher Art and Craft
School but shortly after he was drafted to the military. After months of
training he ended up not fighting but painting propagandistic posters. After he
served his time, he moved onto graduating the Instituted of Fine Arts and since
then his career took off. He is also my favorite surreal artist.
Max Ernst was born on April 2, 1891
and died on April 1 1976. German provocateur Max Ernst served in World War 1
the went on to spend a majority of his life in France during World War 2
categorized as an “enemy alien”. Afterwards, along with
painting, sculpting and other forms of classic art, he devoted a lot of his
time to the game of chess.
Vladimir
Kush
"Sunrise
by the Ocean" - Unkown
Description: The picture is of an Egg
broken in half along the shore line with the sun rising and a person making his
way onto the boat.
Analysis: The focal point is most
likely the sun and the picture is balanced. The use of shading is also very
effective in this photo.
Interpretation: I believe Vladimir is trying
to symbolize how everyday is a brand new day and a chance to start fresh.
Judgment: I think Vladimir was very
successful with this photo and it is personally one of my favorite surreal art
works.
Max Ernst
"Ubu Imperator" - 1923
Description: The texture of the photo
is smooth. The only objects visible in this photo are a few clouds in the
background and what appears to be a human-like top.
Analysis: Obviously, the focal point
is the human-looking object in the center of the photo. Though it is faint,
there is an out-of-frame light source and shading allows us to see that
clearly.
Interpretation: I have a hard time
understanding this photo so I really have no interpretation but if I had to
guess it would be that an entire civilization relied on one person.
Judgment: If my interpretation i
correct than I believe Max did a very nice job with his work. If I'm wrong, I
still believe it is an interesting photo.
Both Vladimir and Max had served
time in the war at one point or another. Along with that, they both were
skilled in many different forms of art. But in the end, Vladimir Kush and Max
Ernst are two very unique artists. As Vladimir bases his works on life and
dream like realities, Max expresses his thoughts and how he sees certain things
in life.
