What is surrealism....?

"in 1924 poet andre breton published 'surrealist manifesto' , surrealist movement founded. breton had been doctor in french army in first world war , among doctors have experience of illnesses of war. primary aim of 'surrealist manifesto' exploration, utilization , liberation of subconscious mind. surrealism not artistic movement , fundamental philosophy of life having wide social , political implications. defined andre breton 'revolt of psyche against authority of reason; @ same time appeal reason liberate man oppressors -- family, church, fatherland, boss."
in more general sense surrealist aim of liberating subconscious has contributed permissiveness of social behaviour in 1960's, , various ways main idea underlying contempory 'hippy' or underground movement. 'do own thing!' might surrealist slogan.
1 of important surrealist painters max ernst started dadaist known invention of various techniques achieve acciental effects on canvas which, rather klee's development of random drawing, suggest subconcious, images developed consciously.
these techniques included frottage, impressing of textures such woodgrain on canvas or paper in manner of brass rubbings, application of oil , water causing random markings, , original use collage effects. used mixture of these methods achieve complex textures of dream landscape in 'bottled moon'. work includes sexual symbols, contains suggestions of primeval scenes or extra-terrestrial landscapes, might understood in jungian terms.
spanish painter joan miro developed form of surrealism, more akin work of klee. painting made of of shapes , signs , reminiscent of child , primitive art , suggest jung's archetypal symbols. miro's symbols erotic , sem accord freud's ideas of subconscious motivation. apparent child-like simplicity, miro's primitive life forms , strange creatures have tremendously witty vitality strikes strange , diverse chords of imagination. form these cary multiple meanings typically surrealist.
yet form of surrealism meticulously painted dream image.in method strange juxatapositions of objects given added impact through intensely clear , obsessively detailed delineation of forms --- kind of parody of our visual sense, if artist insisting accept conceptual images of unconscious part of conscious perceptual world. rene magritte, belgium artist (1898-1958), possibly haunting exponent of kind of work. in 'time transfixed' composition results unconscious thought-link between objects , ideas suggest -- mirror (space), clock (time), railway engine (movement through space , time), smoke , fireplace. automatic method of involving theme or composition letting each successive thought suggest next characteristic of writers, painters, film-makers , musicians belonged ot associated surrealist movement -- james joyce referred expression of 'stream of conscious'. literally translating such association images, magritte presents strangely disturbing picture. freudian interpreter translate erotic terms, engine standing male , fireplace female.
example of freudian surrealist paul delvaux influenced both de chirico , magritte. obsessed strange nude , clothed figures of female whic paints in dream settings of moomlit classical temples, haunted streets , squares, , empty rooms. in venus asleep timeless silence in eternal beauty sleeps shattered hysterically entrance of death, here symbolised familiar expressionistic device of skeleton. eroticism of life here confronts mortality in dream vision of dead past.
1 of greatest of modern sculptures, alberto giacometti (1901-66) made number of surrealist sculptures before style of elongated expression figures famous. palace @ 4a.m. best known of surrealist works. bothe title , form evoke strange vision of great formal building filled dreams of sleeping occupants.
surely 1 of disturbing surrealistic objects ever made fur-covered teacup belgium woman artist meret oppenheim. impossibility of using utensil makes characteristic surrealist demonstration of anti-rationalism , anti-functionalsim, while weirdness made more disturbing obvious freudian implications.

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