Marcel Mariën (1920 - 1993) was a Belgian surrealist, (later situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, filmmaker*, and maker of objects. Initiator of étrécissements. Wrote the first monograph on René Magritte. 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... The Situationist International (SI), an international political and artistic movement, originated in the Italian village of Cosio dArroscia on 28 July 1957 with the fusion of several extremely small artistic tendencies: the Lettrist International , the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus, and the London Psychogeographical Association. ... Poets are authors of poems. ... Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature utilizes numerous unique techniques and games to provide inspiration. ... La trahison des images (The Betrayal Of Images) (1928-1929) Die natürlichen Gnaden (1967) René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967) was a surrealist artist, born in Lessines, Belgium. ...

Situationist reference: [1] (http://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/postsi/cavalier02.html)

External links and references

• Galerie Pascal Polar: Marcel Mariën (http://www.pascalpolar.be/repartistes/Marien/Images_Marien/w_marien.html)
• Marcel Mariën notes on Étrécissements (http://surrealistnotes.blogspot.com/)
• Le Bordel Imaginable (http://www.geocities.com/surrealisme_in_nederland/bordel.html) (statement)
• Mariën ou la subversion poétique (http://membres.lycos.fr/patderam/livres1.htm)
• L’imitation du cinéma (http://www.infomanif.com/magazine/depeche.php?rech=NUM&varech=f8sqmfpv) *