MAGIC REALISM traits according to Frank Roh

EXPRESSIONISM

 

POST-EXPRESSIONISM

Ecstatic subjects

 

Sober subjects

Suppression of the object

 

The object clarified

Rhythmical

 

Representational

Extravagant

 

Puristically severe

Dynamic

 

Static

Loud

 

Quiet

Summary

 

Thorough

Close-up view

 

Close and far views

Monumental

 

Miniature

Warm (hot)

 

Cold

Thick color texture

 

Thin paint surface

Emphasis on visible painting process

 

Effacement of painting process

Centrifugal

Centripetal

Expressive deformation

External purification of object

reference: Magic Realism Rediscovered 1918-1981, Seymour Menton, 1983, The Art Alliance Press
 
"While Magic Realism turned daily life into eerie form, Surrealism, which developed only a few years later, set out to smash our existing world completely."  German Painting in the 20th Century, Franz Roh
 
"Magic Realism is based on the representation of what is possible but not probable; Surrealism, on the other hand, is based on impossible situations." Pyke Koch, Dutch Magic Realist.
 

MAGIC REALISM traits according to Weiland Schmeid

1. Sobriety and sharp focus; an unsentimental , unemotional vision
2. Artist's vision is directed to everyday, banal, insignificant subjects, the absence of timidity with regard to painting the unpleasant
3. A Static, tightly unified structure, which often suggests a completely airless, glass-like space, which in general, gives preference to the static rather than to the dynamic
4. The eradication of the traces of the painting process, the liberation of the painting from all signs of the handicraft
5. Finally, a new spiritual relationship with the world of things.
reference: Magic Realism Rediscovered 1918-1981, Seymour Menton, 1983, The Art Alliance Press

 

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