SURREALISM ASM 3M1 – 11 Media ArtsMr. Pisani

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality".

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Surrealism developed out of this thought process in Europe in the 1920s. Surrealism also embraced the psychoanalytical idea of unconscious desires, or things we want that we don't know we want.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

The Surrealism movement focused on these ideas of chaos and unconscious desires in an effort to dig deep into the unconscious mind to find inspiration for political and artistic creativity.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

If you've ever seen visual art from the Surrealist period, you may be wondering what's going on. That's because Surrealist artists wanted to use art to show the inner workings of the mind, to dig up deep, repressed feelings to use for inspiration.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Surrealist art often uses dream imagery to show the inner workings of the mind. Have you ever had a dream that you were flying? Surrealists used images like this in their art to create instinctive meanings.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Surrealists also used symbols as a method of telling a story. Symbols are objects that stand for ideas, events, or emotions. For example, a smile can be a symbol of happiness; an image of a heart can be a symbol for love.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

Surrealist artists usually used a collage. A collage is a work of art created by using images not normally associated with one another. A digital collage would be combining these images digitally (Photoshop Software). Same idea, just a different medium.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

CHARACTERISTICS OF SURREALISM

- The exploration of the dream and unconsciousness as a valid form of reality.

- A willingness to depict images of poverty, decay and violence.

- Express their most basic drives: hunger, anger, fear, dread, happiness and faith

CHARACTERISTICS OF SURREALISM

- Emphasis on the mysterious, marvelous, mythological and irrational in an effort to make art ambiguous and strange.

- Exposing these uncensored feelings as if in a dream still exists in many form of art to this day.

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

WHAT IS SURREALISM?

BEST KNOWN SURREALIST ARTISTS:

Jean Arp (1886-1966) Hans Bellmer (1907-1975)Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) Leonora Carrington (b. 1917)Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) Salvadore Dalí (1904-1989)Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) Max Ernst (1891-1976)Leonor Fini (1907-1996) Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982)René Magritte (1898-1967) Henri Moore (1898-1986)André Masson (1896-1987) Roberto Matta (1911-2002)Joan Miró (1893-1983) Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985)Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)Man Ray (1890-1976) Kay Sage (1898-1963)Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)

WHAT IS SURREALISM?