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SURREALISMChyna Williams, Dory Sherrod, and Jenny
Zott
Intro
Officially started in Paris in 1924 Publication of The Surrealist Manifesto
by Andre Breton Focused on theories of Freud Started as literary movement
FREUD!
Psychologist Lots of crazy theories Ones important to surrealism are:
1. Dream Theories
2. General hidden desires in unconscious (mention first to come up with it)
3. Free Association (form of therapy, explain it and how leads into Breton)
Key Characteristics
Common Characteristics of Surrealism:
1. The use of collage in every medium including film
2. Automatism: method artist let the subconscious be hand that created art
3. Influenced by Dadaist and Cubist
4. Influenced the early Abstractionist
5. Idea based on anti- war art (WWI)
Differences from other movements
The Dada movement: purpose was to show life has no meaning or purpose, protest of the war, for surrealism peaceful protest
Cubism: idea of shapes working together, all in the conscious mind
Abstractionism: branched from surrealism, created mainly on feelings, surrealism more dream like
Andre Breton
Created The Surrealist Manifesto based on the “pure psychic automatism”
Poeme Objet by Andre Breton, 1935
Joan Miro
Leading artist Automatist Surrealism art movement
Bright primary colors Biomorphic forms, Rough geometric shapes Marginally recognizable objects.
Joan Miro cont.
Symbols in work: the moon, birds and women
Most work incorporated themes of: the sea, stars, birds and animals
Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird, 1926
The Harlequin’s Carnival, 1924-25
Petit univers, 1933
Max Ernst
Leading Veristic Surrealist artist Invented a new method called frottage Transferring textures suggest proactive
approach to composing image Experiment with mediums like, collage,
decalcomania and exquisite corpse
Max Ernst cont.
Got impression from dreams/nightmares
A reoccurring character is some of his work is Loplop
Two Children are threatened by a Nightingale, 1924
Loplop, 1930
L'Ange du Foyer, 1937
Rene Magritte
Shift into illusionary-visual movement Same objects reappear (green apple,
woman’s body) Started using dream theory more
Portrait of Edward James, 1937
Salvador Dali
Illusions, illusions, illusions!
Hidden sexual and aggressive desires
Continued with dream theory
The Persistence of Memory, 1931
Metamorphis of Narcissus, 1937
The Hallucinogenic Torreador, 1969
End
Start of WWII ended it in Europe Breton and others moved it to New York Breton died, movement no longer
organized group Some artists continued as self- labeled
surrealists Surrealism itself hasn’t really ended and
can still be seen today