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Is James Jean a Surrealist artist?

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Is James Jean a Surrealist artist?
No, James Jean is not a Surrealist artist. Technically, the term Surrealism refers to an art movement that lasted from the early 1920s through the 1960s. As Jean is a contemporary artist, he would not truly be a Surrealist. However, his pieces do have a dream-like quality reminiscent of Surrealist paintings and illustrations. On 1stDibs, shop a range of James Jean art.
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James Jean - Traveler - Contemporary Art
By James Jean
Located in Asheville, NC
James Jean Traveler Archival Pigment-based Ink Printed on Archival 310gsm 100% cotton-rag Embossed, Signed & Numbered Edition of 1709 The print features de...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée

Lucid Dreamer James Jean Resin Sculpture with mirrored base
By James Jean
Located in Draper, UT
For his first time-limited sculpture, James Jean sets a ghostly figure in perpetual freefall. First seen tumbling through flowers and clouds in an epic 2019 painting, the Descendent has become a prominent motif in James Jean’s explorations of time, space and fantasy. Falling forever, yet somehow serene, the figure represents ‘caught in between' feelings of all kinds – up and down, east and west, dream and reality. Descendent - Lucid Dreamer...
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Resin

James Jean - Forager - Contemporary Art
By James Jean
Located in Asheville, NC
Forager is a signed and numbered time-limited edition of giclee prints. The Forager scours the forest in search of material for her flower arrangements. Her stork scissors cut through the veins of gold that course through each element in the landscape. Every delicate contour line in Forager has been embellished in metallic gold, and her stork scissors have been dimensionally sculpted in finely detailed relief. A severed, forlorn tulip continues the narrative below in a dimensional chop with golden line work James Jean...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée

Erhu
By James Jean
Located in Dallas, TX
Erhu is a signed and numbered time-limited edition of giclée prints. The erhu, or spike fiddle, typically has two strings, but the instrument being played here is missing a tuning sp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Erhu
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Adrift III Print with holographic and foil detailing and other sculptural detail
By James Jean
Located in Draper, UT
Adrift III is a signed, numbered time-limited edition of multiprocess prints featuring a figure inspired by Millais's Ophelia, floating in a stormy sea encircled by protective mythic...
Category

2010s Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

James Jean Descendent VI Signed Numbered Embellished Print
By James Jean
Located in Draper, UT
James Jean's "Descendent VI" is a captivating 22" x 20" multiprocess print, featuring intricate holographic and foil detailing, as well as sculptural enhancements. Originally create...
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Giclée

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