Surrealism Art

In Montparnasse begins on the eve of the First World War and ends with the 1936 unveiling of Dalí’s Lobster Telephone. As those extraordinary years unfolded, the Surrealists found ever more innovative ways of exploring the interior life, and asking new questions about how to define art. In Montparnasse recounts how this artistic revolution came to be amidst the salons and cafés of that vibrant neighborhood.

In this initiatory guide to the hermetic art of alchemy, artist Marlene Seven Bremner reveals how the alchemical opus, the Great Work, offers a practical means for liberating the authentic creator within and attaining gnosis, or true self-knowledge. Exploring the connections between Surrealism and alchemy, as well as the rich and complicated symbolism of alchemical art, Bremner elucidates how both Surrealism and alchemy seek to unfetter the imagination and dissolve the boundaries between dream and reality, thus reconciling the conscious and unconscious minds.

Sex, Surrealism, Dali and Me was first published in 2000 and was a top-10 best-seller a year later. It tells the biographies of two remarkable men. Salvador Dali, one of the 20th century's greatest painters, and his long-term muse - the Colombian dancer Carlos Lozano. Dali was famously a voyeur, and in this extraordinary audiobook, we are witnesses to the bizarre sexual fantasies he lived out among celebrities, aristocrats, enemies, and the plain crazy.

The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous best seller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 20th-century psychology, The Courage to Be Disliked follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher explains to his pupil how each of us is able to determine our own life, free from the shackles of past experiences, doubts, and the expectations of others.

Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life.

Dive into the mesmerizing world of art with "The Visual Revolution," an enthralling eBook that takes you on a journey through the groundbreaking art movements that shaped our world. Discover the pivotal artists, daring trends, and revolutionary ideas that forever changed the course of art history. Unravel the fascinating story of late 19th-century art movements that set the stage for the birth of modernism, as "The Visual Revolution" leads you through Art Nouveau, Symbolism, and the revolutionary work of Paul Cézanne. Delve into the vibrant world of German Expressionism and the unique ...

During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the geodesic dome, he enthralled a vast popular audience, inspired devotion from both the counterculture and the establishment, and was praised as a modern Leonardo da Vinci. To his admirers, he exemplified what one man could accomplish by approaching urgent design problems using a radically unconventional set of strategies, which he based on a mystical conception of the universe’s geometry.

Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is one of the most influential figurative painters of the 20th century. His paintings are in every major museum and many private collections here and abroad. William Feaver's daily calls from 1973 until Freud died in 2011, as well as interviews with family and friends, were crucial sources for this book. Freud had ferocious energy, worked day and night, but his circle was broad, including not just other well-known artists but writers, bluebloods, royals in England and Europe, drag queens, fashion models gamblers, bookies, and gangsters like the Kray twins.

One of the grandest questions a person can ask in life is, “How different would things have been if I’d just made different decisions?“ Well, filmmaker/author Rick Schmidt has bravely tackled his own “WHAT-IF’S” in this amazing new memoir-novel, “Other Lives, Bends in the ROAD, and What-Ifs.” Included are stories from age 11 on, through his college and adulthood. Reaching back, he’s bravely dug into a past in which there seemed to have been build-in dangers on all sides, threatening the man he’d later become. For instance, when he won a gigantic panda worth hundreds in ...

Digital Surrealism is the story of a journey from nerd to artist, by someone who has devoted 50 years to systems creation and the last 30 years to his art.

Fue un notable director de cine español naturalizado mexicano. La gran mayoría de su vasta obra cinematográfica fue realizada en México y Francia y es considerado, por unanimidad de los críticos, como uno de los más importantes y originales directores de la historia del cine.

Reaching for Utopia is the story of six clear-eyed dreamers who seek to resurrect the Surrealism of the 1920s, and the Situationism of the 1960s, in an attempt to overthrow the deadening regime of capitalist-consumer society and replace it with a joyous way of life. Accompanying this is the assassination of a president, the secession of large sections of the country, and the collapse of the American empire. The “gang of six” sponsor a series of heart-expanding adventures, as more and more Americans join the movement. Much has changed by the end of the story, as our heroes can say, in ...

Ducks growing out of bananas? A mouse catching a cat? What’s wrong with this audiobook from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Yes, there’s something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous in every bit of this audiobook. But it’s not a mistake – it’s nonsense! And it’s also surrealism. Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes. Children readily accept odd statements like “the cow jumped over the moon” and “the dish ran away with the spoon.” This fanciful bending of reality is also basic to surrealism.

Picasso’s work is famous. His art is intricate, yet bizarre. His personal life was filled with struggles, and his children weren’t any better off, creating substance abuse and suicidal headlines. Despite the dysfunctionality in his personal and family life, his artwork reflected something new and fresh. And in a variety of paintings, an underlying rebel message against totalitarian regimes. Having lived through many horrors of the Spanish war, as well as other 20th-century conflicts, the painter showed both style and morale in his works, and left a legacy studied by the masses.

The Mega Golem is a magical being made of art, dressed in a colourful quantum quilt stemming from an infinite number of creative minds and voices. Is this being invisible? Indivisible? Invincible? Intangible? Whose desires and dreams are incorporated in the sinews and cells of this benign mutation of our inertly causal culture? The Mega Golem is the poetic transcendence of expected transgression, and as such a psychosexual embrace from behind the front-lines. This first Mega Golem book collects ideas, theories and artworks that all constitute its first incarnation. This book is therefore ...

R.S. Pearson, the founder of Telical Books and Creative Virtue Press, is a writer/composer influenced studies of modern art movements, philosophy and spirituality. He is the creator of the popular ParaMind Brainstorming Program and the Virtuism art theories. R.S. Pearson's main concern is to bring the reader or listener to a state of regenerative beauty. From Poet Billy Lamont about another work by Pearson, "Cast the Jewels into the Sea of Your Soul is a brilliant prose masterpiece. This is how Arthur Rimbaud would have sounded if he had spent a season in Heaven instead of 'a season in hell...

Though many have never heard her name, Alice Prin—Kiki de Montparnasse—was the icon of 1920s Paris. She captivated as a ground-breaking nightclub performer, wrote a bestselling memoir, sold out exhibitions of her paintings, and shared drinks with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim, Marcel Duchamp and Gertrude Stein. She also shepherded along the career of the then-unknown American photographer: Man Ray.

Our struggles as women in the twenty-first century are not new. Some of our most interesting women artists had to eschew all accepted social norms in order to find a life of art. For some, it was catastrophic; for others, a liberation. But how did they view themselves through the prism of their art, and what do we, as modern women, take from their struggle? HER BODY, HER ART looks back to the lives and art of six European modernist women, who literally recast the ways in which women's art could be seen, and asks why they still matter.

Discover the compelling story of Frida Kahlo, a visionary artist whose personal experiences and revolutionary ideas forever changed the landscape of modern art and feminism. Frida Kahlo was a multifaceted figure, blending creativity, resilience, and an unyielding spirit to create art that transcended boundaries. This book delves deep into Kahlo's life, exploring her motivations, her groundbreaking works, and the legacy of her artistic and cultural contributions. From her deeply personal self-portraits to her activism, Kahlo's journey is a testament to the transformative power of art and ...