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Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:53 PM EDT, 15 August 2011 The surrealist movement is based on psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud‘s theories on free association, dream analysis, and the unconscious.  By tapping into the unconscious and portraying it unfettered through painting and photography, the viewer is afforded the opportunity to live vicariously in the waking [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 00:31 AM EDT, Sunday, 7 August 2011 The paintings below feature Odalisque. An Odalisque (Turkish: Odalık) was a female slave in an Ottoman seraglio. She was an assistant or apprentice to the concubines and wives, and she might rise in status to become one of them. Most odalisque were part [...]

Watch Carlos Baute’s sultry duet with Spanish diva Marta Sánchez in the official video of ‘Colgado En Tus Manos.’

Salvador Dalí’s paintings and art are some of the most recognizable of the Surrealist movement. In large part, he achieved this through a rare combination of creative genius and marketing savvy. Anyone who has read the biography of great artists, or watched movies about their lives, will undoubtedly note that these artists rarely achieved fame or monetary success during their lifetimes.

Just as Johnson’s speech promoted the ideals of change and egalitarianism, many American’s hoped the current Obama administration would be able, in a few short months, to change the course of an American history built upon a foundation of inequity.