Category Archives: Canadian Surrealism
Canadian Surrealism
Girl Eats Sun – album art for Hope Tala
The Panpsychic Candy Apple, Stephen Gibb, 36″ x 24″, oil on panel, 2020
Back to GalleryCanadian Surrealism of artist Stephen Gibb
Surreal art and the pervasive nature of phobias
Surreal art and Phobias While pondering a fun house setting for a painting, I became aware that the whole reason for a fun house is to artificially induce fear in the patron. It became clear that fear or phobias would then become the central theme to the painting. Taking a smattering of common phobias and […]
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2020
2020 Paintings 2020 Return to main gallery 2015 paintings Stephen Gibb – Artist Statement My artwork weaves an eclectic tapestry of cultural and social influences. At one moment it may make a single-punch-line commentary on pop culture, while the next it may construct a complex and playful panorama probing into the outer perimeters of human […]
Surrealism Art: A peeling label on an empty container
Surreal. Surrealist. Surrealism art (whatever that is…?). Words that follow me around like wilful shadows, playfully darting about in the periphery of my mind’s eye. Until something better comes along I guess I will reluctantly tolerate them (even if “surrealism art” makes me grind my teeth). I won’t let them define me but I will […]
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Surreal artist performs alchemy
The Canadian Pop Surrealism of Stephen Gibb and the theme of magic...
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Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow
Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow Pop Surrealism has a broad range of influences, a reverence for art history, an unsettling presence and a wicked sense of humour. One thing that unites the pop surrealist community is their comfortable and insatiable relationship with weirdness. If describing in words what is and what isn’t pop surrealism, one only […]
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Lowbrow pop surrealism
Lowbrow pop surrealism …just what exactly is this mishmash of cultural references and art keywords. Well, that pretty much says it all. To reach the audience who wants to delve into the realm of lowbrow pop surrealism, you have to be able to tickle the algorithms and register within the criteria of online search queries. […]
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Contemporary Art and the Death of Contemplation
Contemporary art has been hit hard by our inability to focus, meditate or even take five minutes alone with a painting. With my painting Death of Contemplation, the title comes from my lament for a time before incessant distraction. When you could fall into a deep, thoughtful meditation and slowly mull over an idea until […]
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Canadian surrealist painter looks at the mind
Canadian surrealist painter Stephen Gibb takes a mind-bending look at contemporary art, pop culture and social commentary with his painting You Are Out Of Your Mind! Playing with “mind” idioms is one way to blow your mind. Another is to examine the world through your mind’s eye. If you could read my mind you could […]
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Surrealism painting addresses PC absurdities