How the surrealists used randomness as a catalyst for creative expression
- Written by Mark Robert Rank, Professor of Social Welfare, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Instead of drawing a bath, surrealist Salvador Dalí decides to draw in a bath.Bettmann/Getty ImagesA century ago, French writer and poet André Breton penned his “Manifesto of Surrealism,” which launched an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and images.
These juxtapositions, often generated through...
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