Ive been looking at surrealism, and been trying to figure out a way to add elements of it into my author work, as Carrington was more of a surrealist artist than she was an author.
Been looking through multiple books and just trying to understand exactly what surrealism is.
Breton (who started the movement) defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism through which it is proposed to give expression verbally, by writing, or in any other way, to the real functioning of thought..."
"Surrealism rests on belief in the superior reality of certain forms of association hitherto neglected, on the omnipotence of the dream, on the disinterested play of though."
Leonora Carrington ran away with Max Ernst when she was just 19. He himself was a huge part of the movement, so I've been looking at some of his work in the book above.
I see some similarities between his work and Leonora's, such as the bird heads. She uses many bird headed figures in her paintings, may try to incorporate this aspect into one of my prints or something.
This book is great, its got so much of Carrington and her friends work in it and its very informative. Her life to me is a mystery that I'm dissecting slowly and trying to turn into visual imagery.
Ive been drawing some of these characters, and trying to figure out surrealism through repetitive drawing. Ive really enjoyed it.
What i need to do now is stop drawing directly from her work, but try to create my own that has elements and details of Carrington's.
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