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- adjective of, or relating to
surrealism - noun a surrealist
artist
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- noun an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism
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Examples
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It has a certain surrealist je ne sais quoi, while Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand sounds like something a dimwitted teenager would name his character in World of Warcraft.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand 2010
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It has a certain surrealist je ne sais quoi, while Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand sounds like something a dimwitted teenager would name his character in World of Warcraft.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand 2010
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One rescues representation in surrealist art by acknowledging the challenge to it.
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One rescues representation in surrealist art by acknowledging the challenge to it.
November 2009 2009
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One rescues representation in surrealist art by acknowledging the challenge to it.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Yes, yes, I know Stephen Fry would be terrific doing that ... but Jim Dale would turn the whole thing into a fairytale rather than an exercise in surrealist humor.
And the one thing that would make it better is actual pie 2007
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The show teams Mr. Arias with the mind-bending puppetry of Basil Twist to create a hilarious psychedelic fantasia that might be described as a surrealist version of "The Muppet Show."
NYT > Home Page By DAVID COLMAN 2011
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Although Kahlo's work is sometimes classified as surrealist and she did exhibit several times with European surrealists, she herself disputed the label.
A Day In the Life Sarah 2010
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Ballard’s work has always reflected his interest in surrealist art.
Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1) 2009
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"It makes Piazza Affari look like a De Chirico painting," she said, referring to the surrealist artist, citing a particular attraction for the hand's "beautiful" veins.
At Milan's Bourse, Finger Pointing Has Business Leaders Up in Arms Christina Passariello 2011
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