09 Surrealism: Forget Dalí, Make Room for Magritte and Kahlo
06/15/21 • 33 min
Surrealists, such as Magritte, Cahun, and Dalí created dreamlike compositions, and they wanted to show the unseen. Explore the strange, weird, and upsetting aspects of Surrealism with Klaire Lockheart. Discover that Surrealism has more to offer than just melting clocks, such as Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits.
Artists and Artwork: Salvador Dalí (Persistence of Memory), René Magritte (The Treachery of Images, Son of Man), Meret Oppenheim Object [Luncheon in Fur], Glove [for Parkett no. 4]), Claude Cahun (Self-Portrait [I am in Training Don’t Kiss Me]), Marcel Moore, Frida Kahlo (Frieda and Diego, Two Fridas), and Diego Rivera
Additional Topics: André Breton (“Manifesto of Surrealism”), Sigmund Freud, World War II, Gender Roles, Photography, and Self-Portraiture
Surrealists, such as Magritte, Cahun, and Dalí created dreamlike compositions, and they wanted to show the unseen. Explore the strange, weird, and upsetting aspects of Surrealism with Klaire Lockheart. Discover that Surrealism has more to offer than just melting clocks, such as Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits.
Artists and Artwork: Salvador Dalí (Persistence of Memory), René Magritte (The Treachery of Images, Son of Man), Meret Oppenheim Object [Luncheon in Fur], Glove [for Parkett no. 4]), Claude Cahun (Self-Portrait [I am in Training Don’t Kiss Me]), Marcel Moore, Frida Kahlo (Frieda and Diego, Two Fridas), and Diego Rivera
Additional Topics: André Breton (“Manifesto of Surrealism”), Sigmund Freud, World War II, Gender Roles, Photography, and Self-Portraiture
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Dadaists made photomontages, sculptures, and readymades that were weird and absurd. Artists such as Hannah Höch, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, and Marcel Duchamp pushed the boundaries of what could be considered art. If you’ve ever felt like the world doesn’t make sense, then you’ll want to tune in for Klaire Lockheart’s explanation of Dada.
Art and Artwork: Marcel Duchamp (Fountain ), Jean/Hans Arp (Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance), Sophie Tauber-Arp (Dada Head), Hannah Höch (Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic, Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum), Raoul Housmann, Alfred Stieglitz, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (Enduring Ornament, God, Fountain), Morton Schamberg, and André Breton
Additional Topics: Existential Crisis, World War I, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Cabaret Voltaire, Tristan Tzara, World War II, “The Painter,” American Society of Independent Artists, Beatrice Wood (“The Richard Mutt Case”), and Richard Mutt
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Artists and Artwork: Ad Reinhardt, Jackson Pollock (Number 17A, Mural), Mark Rothko (Untitled [Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red]), Hilma af Klint, Olga Rozanova (Non-Objective Composition. Color Painting), Barnett Newman, Alma Woodsey Thomas (Orion, A Fantastic Sunset), and Lee Krasner (The Seasons, The Eye of the First Circle)
Additional Topics: Sublime, Clement Greenberg, Harold Rosenberg, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Action Painters, and Color Field Painting
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