From Surrealism, Art and Modern Science: Relativity, quantum mechanics, epistemology by Gavin Parkinson (Yale University Press)
IN 1919, 23-year-old artist , enamoured with the latest developments in science, decided it was time to leave the world of behind. The Dada art movement, born amid the turmoil of the first world war, sought to expose the absurdities of society and existence. Breton wanted to continue challenging society’s prevailing social and political values, but hoped to trade in Dada’s “anything goes” message for a reconciliation of the rational and the irrational, which he believed would lead to truth. Thus…
