Pursuing Dave M's link and lead re Chirico below

[davemarc]

I'm not sure what the writer means by "laws of Surrealism" (I haven't looked
it up) but there were Manifestos of Surrealism and a bunch of rules or norms
laid out by Andre Breton & Company. I know it sounds crazy...but there were
pronouncements about how journalists couldn't be Surrealists, there was an
anti-gay bias, there was excommunication of some group members (including
Dali), etc.

d.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Pursuing Dave M's link and lead re Chirico below


> Strictly speaking, DeChirico was not a Surrealist, but he greatly
> influenced a group of artists that were later known as Surrealists.
> DeChirico's subject matter was largely classical architecture and
> sculpture, abstractly rendered and reinvented.  He His anthropomorphic
> figures, those that most directly precursor Surrealism's weird
> creatures, are composed of fragments of buildings, sculpture and
> abstract Classical forms.  He is most famous for his desolate
> cityscapes with long dark shadows suggestive of a setting sun, always
> "off screen."  These piazzas and streetscapes all are directly
> influenced by his visits to Florence, Milan, and Turin.
>
> Regarding the article below, I've never heard any notion that there
> were anything like the "laws of Surrealism."  Surrealism cherished
> world without laws where the irrational was the norm.  If there were
> anything resembling laws, they would be better known as "anti-laws."
> Salvidor Dali once said his method :
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Volume 24, Number 3 (1999)
> >
> > INTRUDING WORLDS AND THE EPILEPTIC WORD: PYNCHON'S DIALOGUE WITH THE
> > LAWS OF SURREALISM AND NEW PHYSICS
> >
> > KATHLEEN IUDICELLO