Surrealist Group in New York

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Surrealist group art collective literary group

The Surrealist Group in New York was a collective of artists and writers who continued and adapted European Surrealist ideas in mid-20th-century New York, significantly influencing American avant-garde art and literature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New York Dada	1
Surrealist Group in New York canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Surrealist group ⓘ art collective ⓘ literary group ⓘ
activePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
aim	to adapt Surrealism to American cultural conditions ⓘ to continue European Surrealist ideas in the United States ⓘ
artisticFocus	automatism ⓘ chance operations ⓘ collage ⓘ dream imagery ⓘ
basedIn	Manhattan ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	American modernism ⓘ New York art scene ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
genre	avant-garde ⓘ
hasActivity	art exhibitions ⓘ collective discussions ⓘ political debates ⓘ publishing ⓘ
ideology	anti-Stalinism ⓘ anti-fascism ⓘ
impact	contributed to the development of American avant-garde circles ⓘ helped establish Surrealism as a major influence in U.S. art ⓘ
influenced	American avant-garde art ⓘ American avant-garde literature ⓘ postwar American experimental poetry ⓘ postwar American painting ⓘ
influencedBy	Surrealism ⓘ surface form: European Surrealism
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
movement	Surrealism ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	collaborative creative practices ⓘ engagement with psychoanalysis ⓘ interdisciplinary membership ⓘ interest in the unconscious ⓘ use of collective games and experiments ⓘ
relatedTo	American abstract art ⓘ American experimental writing ⓘ European Surrealist movement in exile ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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Surrealism → hasNotableGroup → Surrealist Group in New York ⓘ

Rrose Sélavy → associatedWith → Surrealist Group in New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Dada