Peter Max - Images of the Mind

Surrealist aesthetics emerged around the 1920s and encompassed all fields of artistic research. Specifically, in the visual arts, Surrealism sought to explore the human subconscious and translate it into artwork through a mechanical writing process based on dream analysis. Consequently, Surrealist artworks propose the representation of a dreamlike dimension, completely dissociated from reality. However, this representation often relies on a hyperrealistic formal rendering, precisely to paradoxically accentuate the illusory and ambiguous nature of the surreal dimension.

Peter Max's artistic language can be traced back to the aesthetics of Surrealism, but it must be placed within a specific context: that of psychedelic culture. The movement that spread across Europe and America in the 1960s and 1970s, based on transcending normal perceptual faculties, also through drug use, finds a perfect reflection in images of this type. These images combine the Surrealist subject with an ostentatiously pop aesthetic, featuring bold, aggressive colors and stereotypical, iconic images.

Peter Max is a German-American artist known for his work in the psychedelic culture of the 1960s and 1970s. His language, a product of counterculture, has also been compared to Neo-Expressionism. His works are based on an intense use of color, often spanning the entire spectrum. Peter Max has repeatedly claimed to have worked on the graphic design for Yellow Submarine, but the Beatles' production team has always denied this.

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