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Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature uses numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of conscious control. The importance of the unconscious as a source of inspiration is central to the nature of surrealism.
Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, 1921. The word surrealism was first coined in March 1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire. [10] He wrote in a letter to Paul Dermée: "All things considered, I think in fact it is better to adopt surrealism than supernaturalism, which I first used" [Tout bien examiné, je crois en effet qu'il vaut mieux adopter surréalisme que surnaturalisme que j'avais d'abord employé].
grattage. Grattage (literally "scratching", "scraping") is a technique in surrealist painting which consists of "scratching" fresh paint with a sharp blade. [1] [2]In this technique, one typically attempts to scratch and remove the chromatic pigment spread on a prepared support (the canvas or other material) [3] in order to move the surface and make it dynamic. [4]
Mark Ryden (born January 20, 1963) is an American painter who is considered to be part of the Lowbrow (or pop surrealist) art movement. [1] He was dubbed "the god-father of pop surrealism" by Interview magazine. [2]
André Masson.Automatic Drawing. (1924). Ink on paper, 9 1 ⁄ 4 × 8 1 ⁄ 8" (23.5 × 20.6 cm). Museum of Modern Art, New York. Surrealist automatism is a method of art-making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway.
The paranoiac-critical method is a surrealist technique developed by Salvador Dalí in the early 1930s. [1] He employed it in the production of paintings and other artworks, especially those that involved optical illusions and other multiple images.
Paul Delvaux (French:; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination.
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