Surrealism
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The large Surrealism ship featuring the figure of Salvador Dalí sails through the tumultuous seas of the early 20th century, its sails billowing with desires and dreams. Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic practice, the Surrealists argued that the unconscious—unconstrained by societal standards or expectations—constitutes truth itself. Artists such as André Breton, Max Ernst, Brassaï, and Meret Oppenheim produced paintings, drawings, texts, and films that sought to reveal their most intimate and primal instincts. Their works are filled with sexual fantasies, mysterious threatening creatures, and seemingly contradictory objects or ideas placed side by side. This book introduces the origins and sensational legacy of the Surrealist movement, highlighting artists including Hans Arp, André Breton, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, René Magritte, André Masson, Matta, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim, and Yves Tanguy. Publisher: Taschen. Publication date: December 2015. Language: English. Hardcover, 96 pages. ISBN: 9783836506731.