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Surrealism at a Glance
The Surrealist movement was born out of WWI dadaism, and started in the 1920s in Paris. The Surrealists were experimenting with a new mode of expression called automatism, which sought to release the unbridled imagination of the subconscious. This collection is a brief look at some later surrealist art from European, American and Latin American artists.
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Aphrodisiac Telephone
This surrealist object was created by Salvador Dalí for the poet and surrealist art enthusiast Edward James in 1936. The inspiration for the piece is supposedly Dalí's musing in his book The Secret Life on why when he ordered a lobster at a restaurant he never got a boiled telephone.
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Aural
Gerome Kamrowsky was an extremely important figure in the development of American Surrealism. His 1943 print 'Aural' balances abstract imagery with fluidity and communicates intuitively with the viewer.
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Through Birds, Through Fire but Not Through Glass
Yves Tanguy emigrated to America in 1939 fleeing from the German invasion of France. This 1943 work is considered to be Tanguy's finest work from his "first American period" of 1939 to 1945. The painting is characterized by bright colors and mysterious, biomorphic forms. The inexplicable title which is evocative of a dream state compels the viewer to search for the deeper meaning behind the work.
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The Promenades of Euclid
René Magritte was a Surrealist painter who was more fascinated by puzzles and paradoxes than by the nature of the unconscious. This painting presents the age-old problem of illusion versus reality. In this picture within a picture, the canvas in front of the window seems to exactly replicate the section of city it blocks from view.
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Allusion
Roberto Matta officially joint the Surrealist movement in 1937. He was influenced by Picasso's 'Guernica' as well as Salvador Dalí and Yves Tanguy. In this painting, Matta explores the subconcious through flowing abstract shapes and figures.
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