Classroom Art
"Cadavre Exquis #2" by Ms. Harra's class
- Item Number
- 1609
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 200 USD to Live Event Bidder
Item Description
Room 1 is presenting four original works for sale. Each is a delightful example of cadavre exquis, a technique invented by the surrealists. Surrealism principal founder André Breton reported that the technique was developed in the company of Yves Tanguy, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Prévert, Benjamin Péret and Pierre Reverdy. Other participants probably included Max Morise, Joan Miró, Man Ray, Simone Collinet, Tristan Tzara, Georges Hugnet, René Char, and Paul and Nusch Éluard.
Like the aforementioned gathering of irreverent iconoclasts, the denizens of Room 1, led by the inimitable Miss Harra, have leant their own winsome digits to the whims of Spiritus Mundi, thereby letting speak through their intricate designs a higher truth. Perhaps described by some as art brute or naive art, these works nevertheless, unsullied as they are by the preoccupations of adulthood, speak to wider truths and, perhaps, act as a balm to this turbulent age by evincing an unbridled optimism.
2. A bunne ninja fActoRY at sunset in The butifuL craze lanD of art.
Edition: Original Artwork
Dimensions: 30"H x 22"W
Medium: Mixed media on Arches 140lb, acid free archival print paper
A bunne ninja fActoRY at sunset in The butifuL craze lanD of art is a whimsical yet violent meditation on the gamut of experience open to the child in these unstable times. Anchored with bunne motifs in a prelapsian realm, the naive, joyous, even innocent, relationship with nature segues into a more sinister and structural zone, perhaps mirroring a New Traditions-style urban martial arts training camp. Yet, despite the inherent violence, the young warriors seem to be having fun and the implication in the ensuing panel is that their battle arts are in the service of the natural world, exemplified by the butterflies flying upwards, free. The final panel is more ambiguous, asking of the adults, if one can picture the upturned face of an expectant child, "do you care enough?".
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