Salvador Dalí and the Surrealists: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities

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INTRODUCTION She real purpose of surrealism was not to create a new liter ary artistic or even philosophical movement but to explode the social order to transform life itself Luis Buñuel filmmaker The Weaning of Furniture Nutrition 1934 by Salvador Dalí t’s the beginning of the 21st century and a new alternative rock band Death by Chocolate has just released its debut CD It contains poems and tracks with strange titles such as The Salvidor Dali Murder Mystery Many of the lyrics are free flying word associations such as Mustard yellow marinas and Volvos waistcoats and snug nylon polo necks deadly gas and the sound of cardboard tear ing There's a 1960s feel to the band but its roots go even deeper They go back to a group of young men and women in post World War I Paris who sought a new way to create art in a world that had lost its meaning This group of creative artists was called surrealists a name that fit their passion for seeking creative expressions that went beyond