When Rick Poynor spoke to classes on the 16th he shared with us about the exhibit he put together about surrealism and graphic design at the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic. The exhibit is titled “Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design”. He spoke for more than an hour about the subject and filled out heads with all sorts of details. It was refreshing to hear someone speak about the connections between design and fine art rather than how they are so different.If you missed his presentation, it was sort of a spur of the moment sort of thing, you can read about the exhibit and see some of the same images he showed us in class at
http://www.printmag.com/Article/The-Complex-Bonds-Between-Design-and-Surrealism#axzz10UpfsuW7.
The article is also available in the library in the current issue of Print, the magazine. For you graphic designers and any aspiring illustrators, there is also a listing on the Print website and in the magazine for a competition called “Hand Drawn”. The winner gets $500. Good luck. The website also lists other competitions.I wish I could tell you that the exhibit in the Czech Republic is available online but the website seems to be unavailable.
