The Color Red and its Pathetic Value in Abstract Expressionism and Late Surrealism Cover Image

La couleur rouge et sa valeur pathétique dans l’expressionnisme abstrait et le surréalisme tardif
The Color Red and its Pathetic Value in Abstract Expressionism and Late Surrealism

Author(s): Christophe Ippolito
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: red; Surrealism; Abstract Expressionism; Riopelle; Breton;

Summary/Abstract: This essay analyses the dialogue between automatism and late surrealism on the color red, with a focus on the intensity shared by painting and literature. The starting point is a collective prose poem by André Breton, Élisa Breton, and Benjamin Péret. This poem, « Riopelle », written for an exhibition of Jean-Paul Riopelle’s automatist paintings in 1949, is included in Breton’s Le Surréalisme et la peinture.

  • Issue Year: 44/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-143
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French