Surreal sweat

Dadaists rejected reason and embraced nonsense.

These limited edition sweatshirts by MSGM  and Toilet Paper 

do too.

Subject matters

Ordinary meets extraordinary.

Still life paintings by Vija Celmins.

(love the blunt titles!)

 Pan, 1964

 Heater, 1964

 Eggs, 1964

Lamp #1, 1964

Knife and Dish, 1964

Yesterday

Paul, still the cute one.

Illustration by the great Paul Thurlby

Moon, Light

They Watched at Night, by Sean Lewis

So lovely

Available at Nucleus Gallery

Where are you going?

Strange travel posters

 Albert Brenet for Air France, 1949

French West Africa may not be for everyone.

Delta Airlines, 1961

Tampa - Ahoy, matey!

 Continental Airlines, 1960

Didn't you know? KC is famous for barbecue.

 Air-India, c. 1960s

Sumo. You know you want to.

Otto Nielsen for Scandinavian Airlines System, 1958

Unless you were dropped off in rural Montana, 

this poster is a bit misleading...even for 1958.

Representation

Rene Magritte, La Clef des Songes (The Interpretation of Dreams)

A surreal primer

The exhibition, Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary is at the 

MOMA in New York until January 12, 2014