André Breton : exquisite corpse -- Max Ernst : surrealist collage & frottage -- Tristan Tzara : to make a dadaist poem -- Jean Arp : torn paper collage -- André Masson : automatic drawing -- Salvador Dalí : slumber with key -- Oscar Domínguez : decalomania -- Jean-Claude Silbermann : directions for use
Summary
Developed and written and especially for children, and based on a selection of the word and image games once played by the surrealists, SURREALISM FOR KIDS is a beautiful 60-page publication exploring the ideas and approaches behind Surrealism in a series of activities for kids to do at home or in the classroom
Analysis
Australian
juvenile Nonfiction
Notes
"A Queensland Art Gallery Children's Art Centre publication"
Published in conjunction with 'Surrealism : the poetry of dreams', an exhibition organised by the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, and Centre Pompidou, Paris, and held at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 11 June - 2 October 2011
Audience
For ages 4 and up
Notes
Text in French
Childrens Book Council of Australia shortlisted book
