20th Century
Art
- Organic Surrealism
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- Surrealism: Pure psychic automatism
by which one expresses verbally or in writing or by any
other method “the true functioning of the
mind”. Dictation occurs in the absence of any
control exercised by reason, and beyond any aesthetic,
moral preoccupation, or law based in reality.
- The Surrealists felt free to find their
own routes of expression - whether they chose abstract
forms, fantastic imagery, or disquieting depictions of
everyday life, the choice was an individual one. They
believed that art should reflect its time. Therefore,
since society was being lead by “madmen”, art
should reflect that madness.
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Dog Barking at the Moon, 1926
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- Artist: Joan Miro
(1893-1983)
- © Artchive
Personage Throwing a Stone at a Bird,
1926
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- Artist: Joan Miro
(1893-1983)
- © Artchive
Rhythmic Personages, 1934
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- Artist: Joan Miro
(1893-1983)
- © Artchive
Nocturne, 1940
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- Artist: Joan Miro
(1893-1983)
- © Artchive
Dawn Perfumed by a Shower of Gold,
1954
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- Artist: Joan Miro
(1893-1983)
- © Artchive
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