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Surrealism–An Alternative Approach: Veristic Attitudes in the Work and Writings of Contemporary Surrealists
- Leonardo
- The MIT Press
- Volume 17, Number 4, October 1984
- pp. 247-252
- Article
- Additional Information
When considering Surrealism, art historians, critics, educators and aestheticians have, since the 1940s, focused attention chiefly upon automatism, to the exclusion of veristic trends. However, a remarkable number of artists have remained intensely committed to the veristic. Their written philosophies form a foundation for others to build upon in evaluating the movement. It is suggested that perhaps only through the words of contemporary veristic surrealists can a renewed appreciation of their work be realized and that in these artist-generated writings a rich and viable literature of aesthetics survives a period of misunderstanding.