Surrealism in America
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+ | [[American art]]ists including [[Joseph Cornell]], [[Man Ray]], [[Alexander Calder]], [[Kay Sage]] and [[Dorothea Tanning]] played an important role in defining a new [[American avant-garde]] of the [[1930s]] and [[1940s]]. | ||
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+ | == Popular strains == | ||
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+ | [[André Breton]] called the [[Marx brothers]], [[Walt Disney]] and director [[Cecil B. DeMille]] "the three American Surrealists". Comics artist [[George Herriman]] is often cited as an example of [[Dada]] art and influencing the emerging American surrealists of the early 1920s. This period also saw [[Cliff Sterrett]] absorb [[abstract art]] into his art style, alongside contemporaries Faulkner and Bud. | ||
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+ | Cultural critic and film theorist [[Robert Benayoun]] has written books on [[Tex Avery]] ([[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]]), [[Looney Tunes]], [[Woody Allen]], [[Buster Keaton]] and the [[Marx Brothers]]. | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Surrealism]] | ||
+ | *[[American art]] | ||
+ | *[[Lowbrow (art movement)]] | ||
*[[Post-surrealism]] | *[[Post-surrealism]] | ||
- | *[[View (magazine)]] | + | *[[Black Surrealism]] |
+ | * ''[[View (magazine)|View]]'' - an American art magazine published in the 1940s | ||
+ | * ''[[VVV (journal)|VVV]]'' - a [[New York]] journal published by emigré European surrealists from [[1942]] through [[1944]] | ||
+ | *[[Undercover Surrealism]], an exhibition that ran at the [[Hayward Gallery]] in 2006 | ||
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American artists including Joseph Cornell, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Kay Sage and Dorothea Tanning played an important role in defining a new American avant-garde of the 1930s and 1940s.
Popular strains
André Breton called the Marx brothers, Walt Disney and director Cecil B. DeMille "the three American Surrealists". Comics artist George Herriman is often cited as an example of Dada art and influencing the emerging American surrealists of the early 1920s. This period also saw Cliff Sterrett absorb abstract art into his art style, alongside contemporaries Faulkner and Bud.
Cultural critic and film theorist Robert Benayoun has written books on Tex Avery (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck), Looney Tunes, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers.
See also
- Surrealism
- American art
- Lowbrow (art movement)
- Post-surrealism
- Black Surrealism
- View - an American art magazine published in the 1940s
- VVV - a New York journal published by emigré European surrealists from 1942 through 1944
- Undercover Surrealism, an exhibition that ran at the Hayward Gallery in 2006