In the shadow of World War I’s unprecedented carnage, a new breed of artists rose to reject the ethical, political, and aesthetic foundations they held responsible for global catastrophe.
So good. Something in this to satisfy one of Surrealism for the day, and want go drink more tomorrow. Like Alice, I always wonder if it will decide to: Make me smaller today or Larger tomorrow. It has that power—Like the mushroom we might nibble just enough of.
Frida Kahlo said she was not surrealist, that she just painted her reality. Well, pain and doppelgänger ar overreal, surreal. And Guernica, the cubist dismemberment of a black and white picture of war from the newspapers...
What I love is how you include woe as a surreal experience.
So good. Something in this to satisfy one of Surrealism for the day, and want go drink more tomorrow. Like Alice, I always wonder if it will decide to: Make me smaller today or Larger tomorrow. It has that power—Like the mushroom we might nibble just enough of.
Frida Kahlo said she was not surrealist, that she just painted her reality. Well, pain and doppelgänger ar overreal, surreal. And Guernica, the cubist dismemberment of a black and white picture of war from the newspapers...
What I love is how you include woe as a surreal experience.
Loving this article. :)
Thank you so much! I appreciate that 🙏🏼
Seeing Guernica in person is an experience that will always stay with me.