—From Surrealism to RAKUGAKI-ism

There is no boundary between the human interior and society. —From Surrealism to RAKUGAKI-ismIn 1924, the poet André Breton ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Lives of the Surrealists’ and ‘Farewell to the Muse’ Review: Postcards From the Unconscious

André Breton—theorist, poet, novelist, editor, and author of the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto—famously defined surrealism as “psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express . . .
The American Conservative

Surrealism Was a Mistake

Ninety years ago André Breton asked: “Can’t the dream be used in solving the fundamental problems of life?” The answer, of course, is no. The unconscious does not offer some insight into the mystery ...

Approaching Surrealist Expression (1/2)

In Western painting, for a long time, art centered on paintings depicting the Bible, mythology, and historical events.However ...
PBS

The Case for Surrealism

"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory. "Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory. But what IS it? Or what WAS ...
insider.si.edu

Simulating the marvellous : psychology - surrealism - postmodernism / David Lomas, with Jeremy Stubbs

Simulation as hysterical muse -- From psychological medicine to surrealism -- surrealism and the Salpêtrière legacy -- Artist-sorcerers : mimicry, magic and hysteria -- A theatre of hysteria : ...
Observer

At One Hundred, Surrealism Is Alive and Well in Austin and Beyond

"Long Live Surrealism!" at the Blanton Museum of Art is a far-ranging exhibition covering one of the most beloved—and approachable—art movements of modern times. “Long Live Surrealism! 1924-Today” is ...
Artforum

2. The Surrealist Emigres in New York

PARIS FELL TO THE NAZIS on June 14, 1940. The center of global art was cut off from the world. Leading Parisian artists, many of them Surrealists, fled to America, adding to the number who had been ...