Man Ray, the Surrealists, and African/Pacific culture - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 6:26 PM Wow, sounds like a great show! It is nice to see that some of my favorite subjects which I could only touch on in TIKI MODERN are now being researched and dealt with more in depth. Tiki Modern, Chapter 2: “It is absolutely essential for us to break out of the circle the realists have locked us into!” Surrealist Andre Derain, 1906 ..... Another young avant-garde group that found their cause supported by the unusual artworks from Oceania were the Surrealists. The 1926 opening exhibition of the Galerie Surrealiste in Paris featured not only the contemporary works of Man Ray,but also a selection of authentic Oceanic objects from the collections of Andre Breton, Louis Aragon and others. As Julien Gracq wrote, “The primitive is immersed in an entirely magic world, a place that echoes, where a continuous union between man and things exists, where barriers of individual consciousness shift, it has always embodied man’s forgotten powers to the Surrealists, and they are impatient to recapture it.” Ordered the book, thanks Vern. You do own that "piece of the jigsaw puzzle" called Tiki Modern, don't you, Vern? :)

Wow, sounds like a great show!

It is nice to see that some of my favorite subjects which I could only touch on in TIKI MODERN are now being researched and dealt with more in depth.

Tiki Modern, Chapter 2:
“It is absolutely essential for us to break out of the circle the realists have locked us into!”
Surrealist Andre Derain, 1906

..... Another young avant-garde group that found their cause supported by the unusual artworks from Oceania were the Surrealists. The 1926 opening exhibition of the Galerie Surrealiste in Paris featured not only the contemporary works of Man Ray,but also a selection of authentic Oceanic objects from the collections of Andre Breton, Louis Aragon and others.
As Julien Gracq wrote, “The primitive is immersed in an entirely magic world, a place that echoes, where a continuous union between man and things exists, where barriers of individual consciousness shift, it has always embodied man’s forgotten powers to the Surrealists, and they are impatient to recapture it.”

Ordered the book, thanks Vern. You do own that "piece of the jigsaw puzzle" called Tiki Modern, don't you, Vern? :)

Post #503684 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 6:26 PM