Art, High Academics, & Everything In-Between?: Low-Brow Art Movement

The Low-Brow Art Movement (also known and recognized as Pop Surrealism), was started by Robert Williams, founder of Juxtapoz magazine, the second-best selling art magazine in the U.S. The Low-Brow movement can be traced back to the creation of "Rat Fink" by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, in the late 1950s.

In the late 1960s, the new found roots of the Pop Surrealism movement branched with underground Comix of Robert Williams, R. Crumb, Victor Moscoso, and S. Clay Wilson. One very well known comix was ZAP:

Some examples of pop surrealism that I found are:

Camilla d'Errico's "Porcelaine Girl" WIP for Candy Escape Exhibition

"The Game Of Making Structures" by Silvia Pelissero

"An Ape Allegory" by Todd Schorr

By Jessica Ator

Many people have debated over whether or not the Lowbrow art movement is a legitimate movement, but seeing as the world of art is continuously changing, only time will tell.

For more example of the Low-Brow movement look at these artist and their web-pages:

Robert Williams - http://www.robtwilliamsstudio.com/

Alice Meichi Li - http://alicemeichi.com/

David Plunkert - http://www.spurdesign.com/plunkert/work.html

Amy Sol - http://www.amysol.com/sectionsHTML/news/index.html

Information and Images found at;

http://arthistory.about.com/od/arthistory101/a/lowbrow.htm

http://jorgebarragan.net/jbdesign/2012/09/26/the-underground-movement-of-pop-surrealism-lowbrow-art/

http://atorgrafx.com/illustrations.html#close

http://camilladerricoart.tumblr.com/tagged/Pop-Surrealism

http://www.artltdmag.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1246921641&archive=&start_from=&ucat=28&

Thank-you for reading! I hope that I have both interested and informed you a little bit in the Lowbrow movement! Until next time!