Moderntechnologyandsciencehaveproducedawealthofnewmaterialsandnewwaysofusingoldmaterials.Fortheartistthismeanswideropportunities.Thereisnodoubtthatthelimitationsofmaterialsandnatureoftoolsbothrestrictandshapeaman’swork.Observehowthedevelopmentofplasticsandlightmetalsalongwithnewmethodsofweldinghaschangedthedirectionofsculpture.Transparentplasticmaterialsallowonetolookthroughanobject,toseeitsvarioussidessuperimposedoneachother(asinCubismorinanX-ray).Today,weldingisasprevalentascastingwasinthepast.Thisnewmethodencouragesopendesigns,wheresurroundingandinterveningspacebecomesasimportantasformitself. Moreambiguousthanotherscientificinventionsfamiliartomodernartists,butnolessinfluential,arethepsychoanalyticstudiesofFreudandhisfollowers,discoveriesthathaveinfiltratedrecentart,especiallySurrealism.TheSurrealists,intheirstruggletoescapethemonotonyandfrustrationsofeverydaylife,claimedthatdreamsweretheonlyhope.Turningtotheirrationalworldoftheirunconscious,theybanishedalltimebarriersandmoraljudgementstocombinedisconnecteddreamexperiencesfromthepast,presentandinterveningpsychologicalstates.TheSurrealistswereconcernedwithoverlappingemotionsmorethanwithoverlappingforms.Theirpaintingsoftenbecomesegmentedcapsulesofassociativeexperiences.Forthem,obsessiveandoftenunrelatedimagesreplacedthedirectemotionalmessageofexpressionism.Theydidnotneedtosmashpaintandcanvas:theywentbeyondthistosmashthewholecontinuityoflogicalthought. Thereislittledoubtthatcontemporaryarthastakenmuchfromcontemporarylife.Inaperiodwhensciencehasmaderevolutionarystrides,artistsintheirstudioshavenotbeenunawareofscientistsintheirlaboratories.Butthishasrarelybeenaone-waystreet.Paintersandsculptors,throughadmittedlyinfluencedbymodernscience,havealsomoldedandchangedourworld.Ifbreak-uphasbeenavitalpartoftheirexpression,ithasnotalwaysbeenasymbolofdestruction.Quitethecontrary:ithasbeenusedtoexaminemorefully,topenetratemoredeeply,toanalyzemorethoroughly,toenlarge,isolateandmakemorefamiliarcertainaspectsoflirethatearlierwewereapttoneglect.Inaddition,itsometimesprovidesrichmultipleexperiencessoorganizedasnotmerelytoreflectourworld,butinfacttointerpretit. WhichofthefollowingistreeaboutSurrealists?
A.They diminished all time barriers and moral judgements to combine disconnected dream experiences.
B.They tried to express their subconscious world.
C.They could transform real existence into incoherent dreams.
D.They wanted to substitute direct expressions for fragmented images.
正确答案是B