Monday, October 29, 2007
Shocking....Immediate Reactions
The surrealists sure know how to shock
I have tried to make sense of Un Chien Andalou but I cant seem to decipher any of what is going on. Im sure there is symbolism for some things that I cant quite understand although Im sure most of it is supposed to be irrational and illogical.
I enjoy Land Without Bread only because, at least in my opinion, it's mocking the way Anthropologists de-humanize their subjects and I think for his time that was really groundbreaking.
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I agree that it is often very difficult to make sense out of surrealists works, but I think that is the beauty of them. I feel like many people forget that the good practitioners of surrealist art can only manipulate rules if they already know them very well. They force you to look at the whole before you can understand the piece. I love the way surrealism uses what appears to be non-sensical juxtaposition to create new meanings. I think surrealism is meant to shock and speak immediately to the subconscious, which makes it difficult to understand using our immediate and readily available knowledge.
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