Submissions open through August 2, 2024
The Huntington Beach Art Center presents Surreal 100, on view September 7 through October 26, 2024. Juried by artist-curator Marka Burns with Dorte Christjansen and Louise Ivers, Surreal 100 celebrates the centennial of surrealism, marked by the publication of the "First Surrealist Manifesto" by Andre Breton in 1924. Selected artworks will be on view in the Art Center’s 3000 sq. foot galleries located in downtown Huntington Beach, California. Exhibition-related public programs include:
The Huntington Beach Art Center presents Surreal 100, on view September 7 through October 26, 2024. Juried by artist-curator Marka Burns with Dorte Christjansen and Louise Ivers, Surreal 100 celebrates the centennial of surrealism, marked by the publication of the "First Surrealist Manifesto" by Andre Breton in 1924. Selected artworks will be on view in the Art Center’s 3000 sq. foot galleries located in downtown Huntington Beach, California. Exhibition-related public programs include:
Date |
Event |
Time |
Saturday 9/7/2024 |
Surreal 100 Opening Reception |
5:30pm-9:30pm |
Thursday 9/12/2024 |
Art for Lunch: Surreal 100 |
11:30am-1:30pm |
Saturday 9/28/2024 |
Artist Panel Discussion |
1pm-3pm |
Saturday 10/12/2024 |
Family Arts Day |
TBD |
Tuesday 10/22/2024 |
Film Night: Surreal 100 |
6pm-7:30pm |
Surreal 100
This year marks the centennial of the birth of Surrealism with the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto in October 1924. Andre Breton defined Surrealism as a way to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality, and yet an absurd reality." With his 1928 publication Surrealism and Painting, he recast it as an artistic enterprise.
World War 1 was the event that signaled the end of romanticism and the beginning of modernism. Stylistically, Surrealism ranged from the dream-like imagery of Joan Miro to the challenging but provocative work of Rene Magritte. Initially centered in Paris, it became global in scope and affected multiple art forms. Sigmund Freud’s belief that the mind could be unlocked through psychoanalytical methods, such as the interpretation of dreams, made a significant impact on the surrealist movement.
Because of Freud's influence, artists created depictions of familiar objects in unexpected contexts. Similarly, automatism was said to free the mind from conventional thinking.
This monumental shift in how artists and other creatives worked marked the end of life as people knew it. Ushering in the dawn of a revolution in all aspects of Western culture, reflected in art, music, literature, dance, theater, and film. Few movements in art history have had as lasting a legacy as Surrealism, which utterly transformed our manner of thinking and seeing. In its time, it garnered remarkable public recognition, and its influence on artists and culture remains relevant and revolutionary today.
Marka Burns – Artist, Educator, and Advocate
Marka received her BFA from the Chouinard Art Institute and an MFA from California State University Long Beach – where she taught art education and fine art at Cal State for 32 years and continues to work at the University supervising student teachers. She has taught workshops in creativity and drawing at UCSB, UCR, UCI as well as worked with The Getty Education Center, The Brain Ed. Center, the Fairfax Family of Schools and the Hawaii School for Girls.
Marka co-founded the Long Beach Creative Group, whose mission since 2015 has been to provide opportunities for Long Beach artists to exhibit their work at the LBCG/Rod Briggs Gallery at 2221 E. Broadway. Marka has been an advocate for the arts in schools and helped to implement the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards, as well as advocating for a stable funding for the arts. Her artwork is created and inspired by intentionally presenting the viewer with unusual combinations of images free of conventional meaning.
Dorte Christjansen, Artist and Educator
Dorte Christjansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, moved to Canada when she was six and eventually settled in Southern California where she attended high school and college. She received her BA in Drawing and Painting (1965), secondary teaching credential (1966) and her MA in Illustration (1972) from California State University Long Beach.
She was represented by the Four Oaks Gallery in Pasadena, California and The Eileen Kremen Gallery in Fullerton, California. She has been featured in several solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous local, state and national juried and invitational group exhibitions.
Her teaching career spans 25 years teaching art at Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California and another 24 years at California State University, Fullerton, where she was the area coordinator for art education and professor of illustration and watercolor. Now retired, Dorte is a member of the Long Beach Creative Group and serves on the board of directors of the Rod Briggs Gallery in Long Beach.
Louise Ivers, PhD.
Louise received her BFA in fine art from Boston University, and an MA and PHD from the University of New Mexico Department of Art. Since 1971, she has been a professor of art at Cal State University Dominguez Hills and served as department chair for 15 years. Louise has received numerous awards, including a travel grant to Spain from the Del Amo Foundation; an exhibition grant from the California Council for the Humanities; research awards from the Evalyn Bauer Foundation; and grants from the Long Beach Naval Memorial Heritage Association to aid in publishing two books, Long Beach, A History Through Its Architecture and The Remaking of a Seaside City.
This year marks the centennial of the birth of Surrealism with the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto in October 1924. Andre Breton defined Surrealism as a way to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality, and yet an absurd reality." With his 1928 publication Surrealism and Painting, he recast it as an artistic enterprise.
World War 1 was the event that signaled the end of romanticism and the beginning of modernism. Stylistically, Surrealism ranged from the dream-like imagery of Joan Miro to the challenging but provocative work of Rene Magritte. Initially centered in Paris, it became global in scope and affected multiple art forms. Sigmund Freud’s belief that the mind could be unlocked through psychoanalytical methods, such as the interpretation of dreams, made a significant impact on the surrealist movement.
Because of Freud's influence, artists created depictions of familiar objects in unexpected contexts. Similarly, automatism was said to free the mind from conventional thinking.
This monumental shift in how artists and other creatives worked marked the end of life as people knew it. Ushering in the dawn of a revolution in all aspects of Western culture, reflected in art, music, literature, dance, theater, and film. Few movements in art history have had as lasting a legacy as Surrealism, which utterly transformed our manner of thinking and seeing. In its time, it garnered remarkable public recognition, and its influence on artists and culture remains relevant and revolutionary today.
Marka Burns – Artist, Educator, and Advocate
Marka received her BFA from the Chouinard Art Institute and an MFA from California State University Long Beach – where she taught art education and fine art at Cal State for 32 years and continues to work at the University supervising student teachers. She has taught workshops in creativity and drawing at UCSB, UCR, UCI as well as worked with The Getty Education Center, The Brain Ed. Center, the Fairfax Family of Schools and the Hawaii School for Girls.
Marka co-founded the Long Beach Creative Group, whose mission since 2015 has been to provide opportunities for Long Beach artists to exhibit their work at the LBCG/Rod Briggs Gallery at 2221 E. Broadway. Marka has been an advocate for the arts in schools and helped to implement the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards, as well as advocating for a stable funding for the arts. Her artwork is created and inspired by intentionally presenting the viewer with unusual combinations of images free of conventional meaning.
Dorte Christjansen, Artist and Educator
Dorte Christjansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, moved to Canada when she was six and eventually settled in Southern California where she attended high school and college. She received her BA in Drawing and Painting (1965), secondary teaching credential (1966) and her MA in Illustration (1972) from California State University Long Beach.
She was represented by the Four Oaks Gallery in Pasadena, California and The Eileen Kremen Gallery in Fullerton, California. She has been featured in several solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous local, state and national juried and invitational group exhibitions.
Her teaching career spans 25 years teaching art at Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California and another 24 years at California State University, Fullerton, where she was the area coordinator for art education and professor of illustration and watercolor. Now retired, Dorte is a member of the Long Beach Creative Group and serves on the board of directors of the Rod Briggs Gallery in Long Beach.
Louise Ivers, PhD.
Louise received her BFA in fine art from Boston University, and an MA and PHD from the University of New Mexico Department of Art. Since 1971, she has been a professor of art at Cal State University Dominguez Hills and served as department chair for 15 years. Louise has received numerous awards, including a travel grant to Spain from the Del Amo Foundation; an exhibition grant from the California Council for the Humanities; research awards from the Evalyn Bauer Foundation; and grants from the Long Beach Naval Memorial Heritage Association to aid in publishing two books, Long Beach, A History Through Its Architecture and The Remaking of a Seaside City.
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