Pursuing Dave M's link and lead re Chirico below

[David Morris]

This sounds more like the DECLINE of Surrealism.  I mean,
excommunicating Dali?  Now THAT"S Surreal!

But, you're right.  There were some "rules" of Surrealism, but really
they were aims toward the anti-rule, anti-rational.

David Morris

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:44 AM, davemarc <davemarc at panix.com> wrote:
> 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.


> ----- 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
>
>