Recommendations for surreal Japanese humor? [more inside]
posted by jtron on Dec 4, 2009 - 28 answers

I'd really like to find some good historical fiction about modern art movements, scenes, or artists. [more inside]
posted by One Second Before Awakening on Feb 13, 2009 - 7 answers

Please help identify this author/book; Brazilian absurdist/surrealist, stream of consciousness fiction about a part-man/part something else that travels around and continually says a phrase like "holy f-ing s-".
posted by destro on Jan 19, 2009 - 2 answers

Recommend me some British comedy, please. [more inside]
posted by jtron on Jan 22, 2008 - 86 answers

Which European artists and writers visited Asia between 1900 and 1950? [more inside]
posted by arcadia on Dec 7, 2007 - 6 answers

Did Alexandra David-Neel ever meet Georges Bataille? [more inside]
posted by arcadia on Nov 3, 2007 - 2 answers

How do I found out about books, museums, exhibitions, and artifacts relating to Buddhism in Paris in the 1920s? [more inside]
posted by arcadia on Oct 19, 2007 - 3 answers

Does anyone know if a DVD copy of the 1996 movie "The Golden Boat" by Raoul Ruiz was ever made and if so, where it can be purchased?
posted by pazoozoo on Oct 4, 2007 - 1 answer

Did I dream this movie, or...? Surreal neo-noir probably from the '70s, featuring scary Batman-style villains and brutal murder -- anybody know it? [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Aug 3, 2007 - 23 answers

I am making a scrapbook for a friend of mine. The challenge? Neither one of us is the type to groove on the tacky "Precious Moments" aesthetic of most scrapbooking materials available. What's an aging goth to do? [more inside]
posted by evilcupcakes on Jul 27, 2007 - 23 answers

I discovered Mark Ryden, and one or two similar artists in this AskMe thread, and I really like the style. Who are some other artists in this genre (pop surrealism?) that I might also enjoy?
posted by rocket88 on Sep 7, 2006 - 17 answers

I'm reading a book that has a lot of references to Paris between the wars and culture that flowed underneath it. The surrealist movement, people like Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, the brothels and debauchery, etc. Similar situations have happened everywhere - the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Generation and countless others. I'm sure you can think of more. My question is this: Where is this stuff happening now? [more inside]
posted by borkingchikapa on Mar 27, 2006 - 23 answers

In an interview in The Comics Journal, Dirk Deppy is talking about surrealism with Flaming Carrot author Bob Burden, when suddenly a remembered moment from a public television Japanese Noh Drama documentary leaps off the page... [more inside]
posted by felix on May 26, 2005 - 1 answer

I'm looking for info on a print I recently bought at a yard sale. The print is of a surrealist ink drawing. The main subject of the drawing is the Palace Bathhouse in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It is signed as "Kahn '77". Does anyone have any idea who the artist is or has anyone seen this drawing before? It almost looks like an illustration from a book.
posted by ttrendel on Aug 15, 2004 - 5 answers