James Seehafer

James Seehafer (/siːheɪfər/;) is an American painter and multi media artist known chiefly for founding the Massurrealist art movement.[1]

James Seehafer
Seehafer in Berlin, Germany in 2007.
NationalityAmerican
EducationParsons School of Design
Known forPainting, photography, mixed media
MovementMassurrealism

Biography

Seehafer was born in the United States, the son of a professor of advertising, and grew up primarily in the New England area of the northeast. While pursuing painting and photography independently early in his life,[2] Seehafer started displaying his paintings in the mid 1980s in both Connecticut and the Lower East Side of New York City where he participated in exhibitions that included artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.[3] In 1988 he enrolled in Parsons School of Design in New York. Through pursuing his painting, Seehafer initiated the use of mass media based sources in his work which led him to eventually coin the term 'massurrealism' in 1992. His first serious undertaking was a series of paintings of shopping carts which served as catalyst for this concept done in 1989–1990.[4] He exhibited this series in a few venues in Connecticut as well in Boston, Massachusetts.[5]

In 2005 Seehafer left the U.S. to work and live in Berlin (Germany) where he worked as a photographer as well continued his painting and mixed media work. Among them was a digital collage "Untitled 1990" which was based on his cart paintings and studies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. This particular image would be presented in different formats including a photo and mixed media version done in 2014.[4]

There have been various academic papers and treatises on Massurrealism.[6][7][8]

Notes and references
  1. Adam. "Massurrealism", Intute:arts and humanities (University of Oxford and Manchester Metropolitan University), October 17, 2003. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  2. Quintus Curtius,"The Massurrealism Of James Seehafer". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  3. The Now Gallery – New York. Retrieved 14 November2018.
  4. Popimpresska Journal, "Artist James Seehafer / Massurrealism". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  5. Quintus Curtius, "The Massurrealism Of James Seehafer". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. Dallas Simms,"The Digital Psyche: Disembodied Embodiment, Massurrealism and Social Media." University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  7. Celia Fernandez, "Contemplating Massurrealism / Contemplando el Massurrealismo" Universidad Rey Juan Carlos – Madrid, Spain. Text in both Spanish and English
  8. Nadia Wahdan, "Intellectual Dimensions Of Massurrealist Art As An Experimental Approach To Teaching Of Paint" Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

Further reading
  • Seehafer, James / Morris, Michael / Kocsis, Phillip (2013). Three Essays About Massurrealism. Princeton: University Plaza Press. ISBN 9780991246106.
  • Lantzen, Sean (2004). Massurrealism: A Dossier a.k.a. Massurrealismus: Ein Dossier (2004). Zurich: Novus Haus. ISBN 0-9759923-0-9.
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