NORBERT GLADIS EXHIBITION in Berlin

Norbert Gladis, a esteemed member of our Visionary Tribe, invites everyone to attend his Exhibition Vernissage on Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 7:00 PM
at the
Gotischen Haus in Berlin,
Breite Straße 32

The Exhibition is scheduled between June 25th and August 21st 2010.
Open between the hours of 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM

Zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung
Norbert Gladis (Weimar)
in Anwesenheit des Künstlers am Donnerstag, dem 24. Juni 2010, um 19 Uhr
im Gotischen Haus, Breite Straße 32, 13597 Berlin, laden wir Sie und Ihre Freunde herzlich ein.

Carsten-M. Röding , Bezirksstadtrat
Andrea Theissen, Museumsleiterin
Einführende Worte: Anett Köber
Musikalische Umrahmung: Jasmin Hubert (Cello)

Die Anatomie steht Kopf, die Logik schlägt Purzelbäume - in der Ausstellung „imagination" wird der Besucher in eine surreale Welt jenseits des Erfahrbaren entführt. Der Weimarer Norbert Gladis, 1956 in Wittenberg geboren, komponiert seine detailtrunkenen, altmeisterlich gearbeiteten Werke aus naturalistischenVersatzstücken, die er in bizarre Konstellationen zueinander setzt und mit denen er Sehgewohnheiten
aufbricht. Der sichtlich von den Bilderwelten Dalis und Magrittes ebenso wie von der Leipziger Schule um Tübke oder Zander geprägte Künstler, der seine Traumszenen in imaginären Landschaften oft durch kryptische Titel weiter verschlüsselt, überschreitet die
Grenzen der Realität erfreulich stilsicher und erfindungsreich.

Elbe/Elster Rundschau, Andreas Hillger

Dauer: 25.6. - 21.8.2010
Ort: Gotisches Haus, Breite Str. 32, 13597 Berlin
geöffnet: Mo-Sa 10 bis 18 Uhr
Eintritt: frei

Manmade Monster - The art of Roman Signer - OR IS IT?

Manmade Monster - The art of Roman Signer

Interesting images - they tickle my surreal sentiments!

Here is another one:

MECHANIC SYMBIOSIS

And here is the background story: No less surreal than the 'REAL' Roman Signer:

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Dear mr. Rapp,
Firstly I'd like to thank you for the kind reaction you left on my website (www.olislagers.net/surreal)
Perhaps this website needs a little explanation.Okay, where to begin.I am a student Communication & Multimedia Design at Zuyd University in Maastricht, the Netherlands.For a school module called "The Narrative" I was required to make an interactive walk in the city of Maastricht, which had to begin at the Bonnefanten Museum.
I've always had a passion for art, and especially surreal art, among several other art styles, so this led me to a specific concept and context for my project.My concept for this interactive walk was that the user, the person walking the tour with headphones on, was drawn into a surreal world, which played entirely inside the Bonnefanten Museum.This surreal world was created by a surreal artist, who wanted to create the ultimate surreal art piece wherein his subconscious mind played the most important role.In order to do this the artist drugged himself, let himself get hypnotised, erased his memory and planted a few mind suggestions into his brain, after which he was dropped off at the Bonnefanten Museum to awake there.This is when the story begin.It turns out in the end that the user of the interactive tour is the artist himself and regains his memories and identiy. This is both the end of the audio tour, as well as the resolution and completion of the work of art.
Anyway, to make a long story short. The website itself is not the real website of Roman Signer, it is merely a hoax to stimulate people to walk the tour and give a feeling of authenticity.This audio tour is not a real audio tour which can be taken in the Bonnefanten museum, it is merely an assignment I made for school.I've added some work of accomplished surreal artists on the site to further stimulate the feeling of authenticity, among which is work of yours.If you wish it to be removed, I will honour your request immediately.I am also very touched by your positive comment.
I've included both the spoken script aswell as the general concept in case you would like some indepth information on the project.
If you wish to contact me you can do so on this email address. You can also see a little more about me on http://www.vincentolislagers.nl/ although I must say this is a work in progress (this site has only been up for 1 week now)
Kind regards,
Vincent Olislagers

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And here is a link to a relevant Jon Beinart blog about one of the above images:

http://beinart.org/modules/Word-Press/2007/05/18/an-suit-of-plastic-baby-dolls/

The above picture of the 'Manmade Monster' actually comes from the album of the photographer Philip Toledano:

http://mrtoledano.com/frame_hopeandfear.php