Surrealism

 With Salvador Dali as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytical practice of Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists championed the unconscious as the domain of truth, uninhibited by the standards or expectations of society.

With techniques ranging from hypnotism to nocturnal walks to automatic writing, the likes of Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Brassai, and Meret Oppenheim produced paintings, drawings, texts, and films in which they sought to excavate their most intimate and primal instincts. The results abound with sexual fantasies, with mysterious, menacing creatures, and with the juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory objects or ideas.

• Format Hardback | 96 pages
• Dimensions 210 x 260 x 12.7mm | 560g
• Publication date 29 Oct 2020
• Publisher Taschen GmbH
• Publication City/Country Cologne, Germany
• Language English
• ISBN10 3836506734
• ISBN13 9783836506731