The Surrealist movement that arose in Europe in the early 1900s used playful procedures and systematic stratagems to create provocative works and challenge the conventions of art, literature, and society. They conducted their experiments through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration, love and politics. But it was above all through game-playing that they sought to subvert academic modes of inquiry and undermine the complacent certainties of the bourgeoisie. Surrealist games is a delightful compendium that allows the ...
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The Surrealist movement that arose in Europe in the early 1900s used playful procedures and systematic stratagems to create provocative works and challenge the conventions of art, literature, and society. They conducted their experiments through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration, love and politics. But it was above all through game-playing that they sought to subvert academic modes of inquiry and undermine the complacent certainties of the bourgeoisie. Surrealist games is a delightful compendium that allows the reader to enjoy firsthand the methodologies of the Surreal, with their amazing swings between the verbal and the visual, the beautiful and the grotesque. It is also a box of games to play for fun: poetic, imaginative, revelatory, full of possibilities for unlocking the door to the unconscious and releasing the poetry of collective creativity. The boxed set contains: - A 168-page sewn, illustrated hardcover book packed with outrageous language games, alternative card games, "Dream Lotto," and automatic techniques for making poems, stories, collages, photomontages, and candle-smoke drawings. The illustrations are by such artists as Max Ernst, Hans Arp, and Tristan Tzara - A fold-out game board for the "Goose Game," designed by Andre Breton, Yves Tanguy, and others - A Little Surrealist Dictionary
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Add this copy of Surrealist Games to cart. $36.89, like new condition, Sold by Shadow Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Redstone Press.
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Fine. As new contents in fine gold box. Complete with tatoos, postcards, and folded Tanguy poster. Second printing. Barely disc ernible rubbing to corners of box.
Add this copy of Surrealist Games to cart. $58.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Shambhala Redstone Editions.
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Near fine. 12mo, 7 x 5 inches, in two-piece box, with hardcover book, folding poster (game board), removeable tattoo still sealed, Surrealist Dictionary booklet, contents all fine. Almost all the other copies currently online at the time of this listing do not mention the presence of all the extras, suggesting that complete copies are rare. Light rubbing to edges of box.
Add this copy of Surrealist Games to cart. $78.12, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Shambhala.
Add this copy of Surrealist Games to cart. $115.85, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Shambhala.
Add this copy of Surrealist Games to cart. $151.58, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Shambhala.
Add this copy of Surrealist Games to cart. $247.01, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Redstone Press.
