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I have spent some time this past week reading through several surrealist and earlier influencing texts, researching possible sources for the 1944 "A Promise is a promise to a person of the world& ...

I am slightly disappointed I didn’t recognize this when I examined Copley’s painting. Yes, five surgical implements, one for each letter in the last name— and a final, long cutting tool beneath as a ...

You may find the following short essay helpful, "Zodiac and Surreal Appearance". It deals with Zodiac and his relationship to Surrealism, including parallels with surrealist ideas on crimin ...

I felt compelled to edit something together after reading both Steve Hodel's BDA and Exquisite Corpse. At first appearance, such similarity could be attributed to coincidence; however, the situation ...

Here is a video I uploaded last night that compares the surreal Black Dahlia crime scene with Duchamp's final work; it certainly appears that art is imitating life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4 ...