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| An untitled sculpture by Josef Jakovits |
Surrealism is one of the most famous art movements of the Modernist era. It has come to be remembered for its of visceral, aesthetically incongruous images like the one at left.
It was poet André Breton, who in his 1924 Surrealist Manifesto declared the group’s intention to unite consciousness with unconsciousness.
Surrealists worked in a variety of media, including painting, poetry, literature, sculpture, and film. But soon splintered into several other directions.
Among those who might be considered a post-surrealist is the Hungarian Josef Jakovits, whose works have appeared in a couple of significant QCC Art Gallery exhibits.
Jakovits viewed himself as a Primitivist, declaring his main sources to be cave painting, the tribal art of primitive peoples, and the archaic periods of the great religious cultures including Judaic lettering and mysticism.
