Introducing Surrealism: Early 1900’s

Featuring Salvador Dali and his alien signals...and other amazing artists.

SPANISH PAINTER, SCULPTOR, GRAPHIC ARTIST, AND

DESIGNER

The Persistence of Memory

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions

It LOOKS like it might happen…but can it?

Rene Magritte:

He became well known for a number of witty

and thought-provoking images. His intended goal for his work was

to challenge observers'

preconditioned perceptions of reality and force viewers to

become hypersensitive to their surroundings.

More Magritte…

And…

Have you seen this image?

Current Surrealist: Jeremy Fish

Famous for his:

Album covers

Skate decks

Jeremy Fish is an illustrator/artist that currently lives in San Francisco

Why do you think he is considered to be a surrealist?

Common elements founds in a Fish design are:

1.

•Human elements

•Example: Skull or body parts

2.

•Animals

•Example: usually cute and fuzzy

3.

•Inanimate objects

•Example: random items integrated in interesting ways

Examples of his work:

More…

Even Sculpture…!

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YOUR TURN!!!

Student Examples

Inanimate Object:

Toaster

Inanimate Object:Fountain

Inanimate Object:

Unicycle