Tag Archives: André Breton

Surrealism and the art of making surrealist objects

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Poetry must be made by all, not by one. Comte de Lautréamont In poetry and in painting, Surrealism has done everything it can and more to increase these short circuits. It believes, and it will never believe in anything more … Continue reading →

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Surrealism in the Mirror of Anarchism

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Man proposes and disposes. He and he alone can determine whether he is completely master of himself, that is, whether he maintains the body of his desires, daily more formidable, in a state of anarchy.Poetry teaches him to. It bears … Continue reading →

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André Breton: A Surrealist Manifesto

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

… make no mistake about it, those responsible for putting this philtre of the absolute into circulation are the enemies of order. They pass it round secretly, under the eyes of the police, in the guise of books and poems. … Continue reading →

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Surrealism: The unfinished revolution

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Surrealism is not, has never been, and will never be a literary or artistic school but is a movement of the human spirit in revolt and an eminently subversive attempt to reenchant the world: an attempt to reestablish the “enchanted” … Continue reading →

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