Extra Credit
This is Paul Bond's Lao Tzu's Dream. (Do you know what Lao Tzu's name means? Old Teacher. ) Yeah, I'm a total STAN. Look at how he uses hyper-realism (the stones' texture) but utterly surreal elements...you know, the tree & such...knock the viewer a little off balance. Plus, it's a little mockery of the whole hipster cairn-building fad. He's good.
Do you want to see a few more? Check out Magical Realism Art by Paul Bond and enjoy!
Steve Rogers pd.5
This rug was created by Seyid Yahya Bakuvi (Shirvani). The shape and form of this piece was what intrigued me the most. It’s how the rug “liquifies” as it hits the floor and transitions from a boxy-rectangles to a melted pool of fabric. The artist takes on a minimalistic approach with a simple color scheme, however uses maximalism by showing us, through the streaked fabric, that the rug is in fact melting away.
Check out these "melting rugs" by other postmodern: artists:https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/nov/13/magic-carpet-art-faig-ahmed-rugs-azerbaijan