MAGIC REALISM:

ARTICLES AND OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

- magical links edited by Bjørn J. Berger

Here you will find background reading about definitions, articles, relevant Internet sites etc.; - all about Magic Realism within visual art.

This page is updated frequently, last time was 2005-03-21.

DEFINITIONS OF MAGIC REALISM

Magic realism - according to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Magic realism - www.artnet.com add some more to the topic...
Glossary - Magic Realism - ...as well as Tate Online (the Tate Collection).
Magic realism: Definitions - "various definitions of magical realism", mostly related to literature.

ARTICLES ABOUT MAGIC REALISM

Visual Images: Magical Realism and the New World Baroque - University of Houston: A very, very good site to explore, both within visual art and literature, Franz Roh's Magical Realism. A lot of paintings.
Magic Realism; Background Reading - from visual to literary art (*.pdf file).
Whole schools of cod shun bicycles - the painter Michael Cook explains how Magic Realism questions "reality".
What really is Magic Realism? - explains the history of Magic realism and what Magic realism really is.
Kitsch - the painter Odd Nerdrum on what he thinks art really is.
Magic Realism - the painter Matthew Bates explains his relationship to Magic Realism.

Examples of Magic Realism - from the treasures of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (much of the works could be defined as Magic Realism).

USEFUL LINKS ABOUT MAGIC REALISM

Magic Realism artists and art - at the www.the-artists.org.
Artists by Movement: Magic Realism - Art Cyclopedia, artists and relevant links.
Yahoo Directory: Magic Realism - as above.

Magic Realism on the Web - emphasizing literature, a very good and broad collection of links.
Six Essay Categories - articles with "everything" about "magic" literature; Ohio University.

Se also Artists connected to Magic Realism

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