“In general, the works of women associated with the Surrealists display an affinity for the structures of fabulist narrative rather than shocking rupture, a self-consciousness about social construction of femininity as surface and image, a tendency toward the phantasmic and oneiric, a preoccupation with psychic powers assigned with the feminine, and an embrace of doubling, masking, and/or masquerade as defenses against fears of non-identity.” (Chadwick 6)
A quote from one of the books I’m using for my thesis (pictured above) on women artists involved or inspired by the Surrealist movement. I’ve been enjoying the research, but I’m officially over this thesis writing. Too bad it’s nowhere near completion.
