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Children's vivid and spontaneous drawings of loosely figures, animals, forms in a shallow space are not simply child art. They evoke impressions of pure psychic automatism[1][2] and as such are forms of surrealism. André Breton in his description of surrealism said: It tends to give even greater freedom to instinctive impulses, and to break down the barrier raised before civilized man, a barrier which the primitive and the child ignore. There was one painting by Giorgio de Chirico titled The Child's Brain (1914) that unfolds the symbolic language of the pre-surrealism, changing the live of Breton forever[3]. Latter Herbert Read's preface the exhibition catalog of the New Burlington Gallery (London, June 11-July 4, 1936) equated the primitive - child art and surrealism[4].
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[edit] Case study
An inclination for pictorial free-association was demonstrated by an 18-month old girl. It has been already noted that there is a tendency for children to use visual vocabulary when they speak[5]. The advancement of the child visual vocabulary was clearly evidenced by the girl's 3 months holiday in China. The child fast acquisition of Chinese vocabulary had produced a striking effect when she had returned in English-speaking environment. It is well known that at age of two, children increase their vocabulary at a rate of about one new word every two hours, a pace that continues through adolescence[6]. One can only wonder for the size of the Chinese vocabulary after 3 months exposure, since the young girl manifested ample frustration in her communication with English speakers. As a result the girl engaged a powerful nonverbal vocabulary (feelings vocabulary or emotional vocabulary[7]) by drawing sketches of objects in order to be understood. This phenomenon could partially be explained by fact that a child's growing vocabulary helps indirectly to learn how to express feelings[8]. A longitudinal case study illustrates how this child artistic development can be understood as an interplay between her's developing symbolic shills and the contextual social environment[9].
[edit] Prospects
The child's inborn talent of automatic drawing stands alone and remains to be understood. The girl's expressions of her mental world - the unconsciousness, are beyond control of reason, social organization, and free of suppression. As with many young talents the challenge of the future will be that the surrealistic purity is preserved, motivated and developed. She would need help from a master craftsman. A child cannot develop artistic skills without paintbrush and paper[10].
[edit] Art gallery
[edit] Animals #1
 Fax face (a look of doubt) |
 Am I hungry? (she likes chicken) |
 Gazelles (Mother and daughter) |
 Horses: boys one way - the girl another |
[edit] Animals #2
 The Fox (caught in frame) |
 The Giraffe (walk with elegance) |
 The Elephant (all ears) |
 The Fish (traditional Chinese) |
 Deers' Love (emotional exchange) |
 Royal Dogs (posing composition) |
 The Apple Snack (shade rocognized) |
 Symbiosis (interaction of characters) |
[edit] Feminine
 Girl and dog |
 Princess Jasmine |
 Ballerina |
 Long Dress |
 Girls in Boots |
 Alice and the Rabbit |
 Face of a Girl |
 Flower on the Hat |
 Flower Lady |
 Flower Girl |
 The Girl Who Say 'Hi' |
 Girl and Cat |
[edit] In color
 L.A. competition (early work) |
 Rabbit's third eye |
 Flight in the forest |
 The Sun (School project), use of color on fabric, premium on expressing emotions, distorting the color space in highly personal fashion, chacteristic for fauvism. |
[edit] About the child
Taylah Rei Graham, now 8 years old (2nd grader), was born on Dec. 14th, 1998, Southern California. She is half Chinese and half Australian (Scotish origin). Taylah Rei Graham' could be considered the youngest contemporary inborn surrealist in United States.
[edit] References
- ^ André Breton: Surrealism and Painting by Andre Breton, Mark Polizzotti, Simon Watson Taylor, and André Breton (2002)
- ^ Twentieth-Century American Art (Oxford History of Art) by Erika Doss (2002) p.106
- ^ Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros, and the Occult in Modern Art by Celia Rabinovitch (2002) pp.145-9
- ^ Healing Arts: The History of Art Therapy by Susan Hogan (2001) pp.96-99
- ^ How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning by Dawna Markova and Anne Powell (1992) p.125
- ^ Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: A Handbook for Parents of the Developing Child from Birth through Adolescence by Benjamin Spock and Steven Parker (1998) p.26
- ^ Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents (Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) by Helmut Remschmidt, Peter Matthias Wehmeier, and Helen Crimlisk (2001) p.117
- ^ Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson (1999) p.112
- ^ Symbolic and Social Constraints on the Development of Children's Artistic Style: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (J-B CAD Single Issue Child & Adolescent Development) by Chris J. Boyatzis and Malcolm W. Watson (2001) p.5
- ^ Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent's Illustrated Guide to Complete Medical Care (Taking Care of Your Child) by Robert H., M.D. Pantell, James F. Fries, and Donald M. Vickery (2005) p.71
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