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Dada hoped to move the world in a new direction, away from the nationalistic, materialistic and industrial ideals that had spawned World War I but it soon got caught in its own limitations, particularly in the concepts of free association and automatism. Since surrealism was as much a literary movement as a visual arts movement and the two worked hand in hand with many surrealist poems and other writings published with illustrations by surrealist artists.
Serge Brignoni: Detail - Hayter: Paysage Anthropophage - The atmosphere was informal and they experimented with different intaglio techniques, including plaster prints, engraving, soft-ground etching, gauffrage, relief printing of intaglio plates, etc. The idea was to work directly on the plate, not transcribing a drawing or painting but creating a unique work.
Atelier 17 moved to New York in Many of the artists, displaced from their homes in Europe with the onset of WWII, also moved to New York and, often uncomfortable in an unfamiliar society, found camaraderie at the workshop. It was open 24 hours a day and experimentation was the norm. They began working in color, eventually developing the simultaneous color print which allowed a color intaglio to be printed from a single plate in a single printing utilizing the different viscosities of various colors of inks another blog to come.
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Surrealist ideas continue to be a major interest to artists worldwide. Pingback: Printmaking surrealism Olpera. Not too much is known in our family about her art, affair with Hayter, and subsequent move to Mexico. There are a few pieces of her work in the family, but not much. Any information or sources you may have would be interesting to know.
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