Max Ernst and the Surrealist Revolution

Synopsis: Examines the relationship between the revolutionary rhetoric of surrealist literature and the works of Max Ernst, which are not evidently about revolutionary subjects. The essential link lies in the process whereby Ernst and other surrealists arrived at their imagery: they used methods designed to enable the subconscious mind to express itself. Ernst developed the techniques of collage, grattage and frottage which relied on ‘random’ events, suggesting or establishing images. The surrealist revolution lies, it is argued, in this organised artistic expression of the subconscious - to use Ernst’s own words, heard in the programme, in ‘the synthesis of objective and subjective life’.
Series: Modern Art: Practices and Debates, Course A316
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1993
Availability: out of distribution
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: art - German; art - modern art; Ernst, Max (1891-1976); surrealism

Producer

Jeremy Cooper

Cast

David Batchelor

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