Word: surrealistes
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...known for his rigorous color studies and 3-D paper exercises, is unusually represented in the exhibit by his photos; for example, his Garden Chairs reiterates his geometric, figure-ground play. Bayer ,too, has an unusual photo, unlike his prolific posters and typography (his invention of san-serif type); Surrealist Composition, 1937, is a view of unstable, never-in-full-view spheres and cones...
...from benefiting them materially through force against a feudal system. Paulo Martins combines the political rationality of one and the spirituality of the other, attempting synthesis in his own chaotic life. He narrates the film in flashback, struggling between newsreel-like objectivity and the violent subjectivity of his surrealist fantasies-a dialectic that can't be separated from Rocha's camera-style...
...lived in the United States for two years of World War II, moving to Paris after the war to participate in the developing surrealist movement with such figures as Andre Breton and Benjamin Peret...
...pictures were sold, but that was pure velvet to Artist Epfs. He is actually Lawrence Durrell, author of the Alexandria Quartet, and it seems that he has been painting since 1930 ("but never every day, only by attacks") in a style that ranges from Impressionist through surrealist to abstract. What made him decide to have the show? "You can give just so many away. Friends really don't want any more." How about that nom de pin-ceau? "I saw Epfs in a Danish magazine, and I noticed that it couldn't be pronounced without making a grimace...
...comparison is inescapable; the two geniuses dominated silent comedy. The difference in their styles was marked: Chaplin, the gothic Pagliacci, wore his art upon his sleeve. Much as he wanted laughter, he craved significance more. Keaton was too busy with sight gags to realize that he was a major surrealist...