1. Surrealism
... something that in it has no meaning at all. I disregard the aesthetic quality of the object. I am against craftmanship nothing is useless". Thus, the Surrealist artist was capable of taking ordinary objects and creating art works that were either politically, socially, philosophically, aesthetically or personally meaningful. Surrealism viewed the found object as intrinsically valuable. "When seen from a distance, the found ... creates it into an object of the mind. In the nineteenth century, the depiction of ironing in art identified the remorseless labour of women; Man Ray's Gift consist...
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