I did some more digging today to see what surrealism as defined by the surrealist manifesto looks like.
Unfortunately, even the work of a conventionally recognized surrealist painter, Magritte, alluded me today.
I am unsure of what I will classify as surrealist painting using Breton’s definition. I’ll need a very tidy matrix of examples of successful surrealist work: work that demonstrates the process of thought. Magritte did not accomplish this in many of his works. So, now, more furiously than ever, I am seeking these examples. My study is to figure out what, if anything, separates Kahlo and Carrington’s work from that of other surrealists, and what groups other surrealists together. Today, it is all a jumble. Sigh. What challenges do I face in reading visual culture? Inexperience, lack of an existing framework for analysis and lack of access to varied source material.
On the one hand, I’m in academic agony… on the other bring it on… and on the other, can I get a hand with this?
