Magical realism

The magic realism and surrealism art of Paul Bond.

The term magical realism is packed with numerous connotations. On one hand, it’s a design trend referring to the incorporation of

Like a double-exposed photograph or hazy dream, Eric Roux-Fountaine’s paintings capture worlds just slightly outside of our known reality, magical moments dotted with starlight and ghostly orbs. Within the softly painted works, tightrope walkers teeter through tall forests at dusk, while couples zing through the air on carnival rides set in front of the moon. Roux-Fountaine approaches each of his paintings in the same way a director might work with a film, casting the characters of his works…

Often categorized as surrealistic, they differ as the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought

These Reddit users shared their opinions on some of the best magical realism movies in the genre, outlining what makes them so entertaining.

By Avery DeLuca In Andrea Kowch’s An Invitation, Kowch invites the viewer into a fictive space in which four women surround a table laden with food, dishes, and animals. Elements such as the…

What is magical realism? Is it, like, realism that's so good, it's magical? Not quite. Here's a handy for-beginners guide to one of the trendiest literary genres of the 20th century.

Girl swinging on a swing & the moon surreal art

Quint Buchholz was born in Stolberg near Aachen and grew up in Stuttgart. He studied history of art for four terms, followed by painting and graphic design at the Munich Academy of Art under Prof. Gerd Winner. He has worked as a painter and illustrator since 1979, illustrating over fourty books for German and international publishers. From 1982 onwards his works have also been exhibited in over seventy solo exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Taiwan.

Hi, I'm a painter from Belgrade, Serbia. One of the dominant features of my paintings is order, namely the layout. Each scene, I dare claim with certainty, has a specific place in a hierarchy, just as the constellations, when observed from Earth, appear to us as, for example, a clear shape of Corvus or another archetypal form.