Surreal Drawings - Demetrios Vakras & Lee-Anne Raymond

Melbourne surrealists, Demetrios Vakras and Lee-Anne Raymond present their drawings – from their early formative works to their mature works.

Surrealism, at least in Australia (and the UK), is generally disparaged by the arts intelligentsia. However, veristic surrealism continues to thrive. In the year of the 100th anniversary of Breton’s surrealist manifesto, a touring exhibition in Europe has made clear, particularly in the Belgian iteration of that exhibition, of the debt surrealism owes to the “decadents” (symbolists) and the influence symbolist art had on surrealism.

fromative surreal drawing - 1977 - gallery 1

Gallery 1 Demetrios

formative 1977-1981

Gallery 4 Demetrios

1990s - 2000s

Gallery 2 Demetrios

early mid-to-late 1980s

Gallery 5 Lee-Anne

late 1990s - early 2000s

Gallery 3 Lee-Anne

formative/early 1988-1998

Gallery 6 Lee-Anne

mid -late 2000s

Gallery 7 Demetrios

2008 - 2010

Gallery 8 Lee-Anne

Freedom Series

Gallery 9 Lee-Anne

the “Surroodles”

Gallery 10 Lee-Anne

Red Mass Series

Gallery 11 Demetrios

“studies” 2010s

Gallery 12 Lee-Anne

2020

Gallery 13 Lee-Anne

early 2020s - 2023

Gallery 14 Lee-Anne

2024

Gallery 15 Demetrios

2023

Gallery 16 Demetrios

2024

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