Surrealism

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Surrealism
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What is it?

• Cultural movement that began in 1920s
• Featured the element of surprise, the unexpected,
  and dream-like
• Conceived from the idea of Freuds with dream of
  analysis and hidden unconscious
• Often times aligned with Communism and
  Anarchismagainst a democratic government (or any
  at all)

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A New Idea

• Started as a an anti-art that deliberately defied
  reason
• Based on positive expression
• Reaction against the rationalization of the World
  War I
• Surreal means a higher reality
• Not real, but just appearance
• Often meant to evoke a What the..? reaction

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The Beginning

• Started by writer Andre Breton
• Believed the source of creativity lay in the
  subconscious mind
• Began automatic writing spontaneous, unedited
  writing produced in a certain amount of time.
• Explores the imagination and entering the world
  of myth, fear, and fantasy.

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Man Ray

• Surrealism Photographer
• Invented the process of solarizationoverexposing
  the negative tremendously
• Rayographs no camera, made by putting on objects
  on light-sensitive paper

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Paul Klee

• Combined Cubism, Surrealism, and childrens art
• Mostly pen-and ink drawings
• Once a famous violinist, but chose art instead

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Paul Klee
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Joan Miro

• Also combined childrens art and surrealism
• Art is a recreation of subconscious and inner
  child

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Joan Miro
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Rene Magritte

• Belgian artist
• Combined realistic images with unrealistic ideas
• For example, a realistic train coming out of a
  fireplace
• Often had several different view points in one
  work of art
• Different perspectives and illusions

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Magritte
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Magritte
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Max Ernst

• Minimizes objects and deletes detail
• Focus is on color and position
• Had an alter ego in his paintings, which was a
  bird called Loplop

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Loplop
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Alberto Giacometti

• Surrealist Sculptor
• Sickly, malformed objects (animals and people)
• First began by making decorative objects
• Sculpted from live models
• Became scared when Surrealism and Communism
  started to coincide, so returned to decorative
  arts.
• Shunned by his fellow artists for following his
  own ideas.

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Dog
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