"13th FLoor Effect"

"Who Ya Gonna Call!"

"Partner Portrait" / "Anywhere but here"

"Anywhere but here"

If could be anywhere but here, i would want to meet one of NASCAR's biggest stars, and one of it's biggest legends.

"Partner Portrait"

I made Tyler mad, he then shrunk me and is going get his revenge by hitting me with a cue ball. "Bud, Corner Pocket", anyone?

Comparing the Two

Well right off the back their is a big generation gap between Grei and Chirico. One of the big difference's is in their style. Chirico lived during the begining of the 20th centuray, so the best medium of art was painting. Where as Grei who grew up at the end of the 20th, used computer animaton for his work. However, they both used dream sequence's in their art; when you look at "The Sand Castle" and "The Archeologist's" you can see right off the back that there is a generation gap between the two, but the subject matter both revolve around dreams. They both use dream like colors and objects one is used to witnessing in a dream; so they both achieve their goal's in the first place, but yet again, Chirico painted his piece when Surrelism was in it's hay day, and Grei most likey read up on the history of surrelism, and applied what he learned in his field of neo surrelism.

Giorgio de Chirico

Bio: Chirico has become one of the most curious artist's in history. He was born in Italy in 1888, and through his life, he led a very productive Picassoan life style up until his death 1978. One of is major study area's was munich germany; under the wing of symbolist painter Arnold Bockling, he produced a series of oneiric cityscapes. When they were seen in Paris, they were hailed by painters, poets from Picasso himself to Paul Eluard. History has placed Chirico as one of history's hero's of surrealism, he credited for founding metaphysical art movement, represented a visionary which engaged most immediatley with the unconscious mind, beyond the physical realtiy. This movement provided the necassary ingredients for the development of Surrealism.

Art Review

Giorgio de Chirico

"The Archaeologists"

Description: The piece has two faceless figures, sitting in chairs, wearing toga's. They are holding remance's of the ancient world, Greece and Roman architecture is present in the piece. The faceless archaeologists suggest that this is a representation of all archaeologists around the world. You can see the texture in the chair linen, stone architecture, and skin tone.

Analysis: There is a wide range of organic and geometric shapes present (ranging form the faceless figures and the ancient world architecture). There is texture as I said before, there is a nice range of color's here that create's a dream like effect. I would say that it's symmetrical (due to the fact that if you fold it there would be two figures on both side's) if not asymmetrical. The main emphasis would be the roman architecture, and it also work's in the unity of the piece.

Interpretation: During his life time, archaeology was in full swing, with the discover's in egypt, rome, greece, and ancient fosil's. My guess he read about their exploits and had a dream o them finding lost civilizaiotns that would rewrite history. The fact that they are faceless mean's it could be interpreted by all archeologist's.

Judgement: I found this piece intersting because it clearly is intented for all archeologists, it dosent represent a single person. The fact the he put ancient cities in their laps indicate's to the casualy viewer that their work is like their children. The take care of it, learn from it, and more than often show it off.

George Grie

Bio: George Grie gradurated in 1985 from state university with a BA degree in fine arts and applied design educaiton. Instead of following a traditional routes in domestic arts, he diecied to travel down the more difficult and demanding path of neo surrealism. He later moves to Canada, where he became fascinated with digital art techniques; where he later became a professional Multimedia Graphic Designer at IMB. Grie's primary interest is in contempory 3d modeling software and applicaiton. When you see his work, it has a dream world laced into it; along with, supernatural illusions, mystic, romanticism, conceptual thoughts, and philosophic views.

Art Review

George Grie

"The Sand Castle"


Description: The main theme in this piece is a sand castle, but it is sitting on a wrecked ship and a mammoth. You can see texture of the old wooden ship, its small but you can still see it. The castle dosen't look entirely made of sand, when I look at it I can see stone. The sea looks almost glass like, it dosent have the ripple effct that normal water puddle's would have to indicate that its water.

Analysis: There is good value from light to dark in this piece, the main focal point is the sand castle, but my eye is drawn to th Mammoth rising out of tehe sand. I really like the arieal view of the piece, it gives you more of a dream quality as if your flying over the beach. As I said, there is very nice texture here, it's also asymmetrical. I also like the depth of field, you can see the beach extend far beyond the horizon line.

Interpretation: I believe Grie was enjoying a day at the beach watching kids built sand castle's and watching te tide come in and out. He most likely had a dream where it involved castle's, ships, sand, and for one reason or another a mammoth.

Judgment: When I look at this piece, I fell as though as i am in a dream. It has all of the dream qualities, of seeing somehting we are fammilar with, and puting out of the normal structure of reality. Case in point is the castle on a ship and a mammoth coming out of the sand.