Surrealism

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Surrealism
Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach.
1938,Oil on Canvas.
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Surrealism a style of art and literature
developed principally in the 20th century,
stressing the subconscious or non-rational
significance of imagery arrived at by the
exploitation of chance effects and unexpected
juxtapositions.
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The roots of Surrealism can be found in the
ANTI-art movement, DADAism, and WWI.
Marcel DuChamp. The Fountain. Ready-made
Sculpture, 1917.
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Man RayAmerican Dadaist/Surrealist
Photographer and Painter, 1890-1976
It has never been my object to record my dreams,
just the determination to realize them."
Man Ray. Fireworks. 1910, Rayography.
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"There is no progress in art, any more than there
is progress in making love. There are simply
different ways of doing it."
Man Ray. The Violin of Ingres. 1924, Rayography.
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"When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I
knew I was on the right track."
Man Ray. Electricity. 1931, Rayography.
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Man Ray. The Kiss. 1922, Rayography.
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Max ErnstGerman-born French Surrealist
Painter, 1891-1976
Painting is not for me either decorative
amusement, or the plastic invention of felt
reality it must be every time invention,
discovery, revelation.
Max Ernst. The Temptation of St. Anthony. 1945.
Oil on Canvas.
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You can drink the images with your eyes.
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Max Ernst. Europe After the Rain II. 1940 - 42.
Oil on Canvas.
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All good ideas arrive by chance.
Max Ernst and his wife, Dorothea Tanning.
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Belgian Surrealist Painter, 1898-1967
Art evokes the mystery without which the world
would not exist.
Rene Magritte. The Eye. 1932, Oil on Canvas.
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The mind loves the unknown. It loves images
whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of
the mind itself is unknown.
Rene Magritte. The Human Condition. 1933. Oil on
Canvas.
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If the dream is a translation of waking life,
waking life is also a translation of the
dream. There is an interest in what is hidden
and what the visible does not show us.
Rene Magritte. The Son of Man. 1964, Oil on
Canvas.
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Spanish Surrealist Painter, 1904-1989
                                         
Salvador Dali. The Persistence of Memory. 1931,
Oil on Canvas.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a
supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
Salvador Dali. Self-Portrait. Oil on Canvas.
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There is only one difference between a madman
and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am
mad.
Salvador Dali. Geopoliticus Child Watching the
Birth of the New Man. 1944. Oil on Canvas.
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What is a television apparatus to man, who has
only to shut his eyes to see the most
inaccessible regions of the seen and the never
seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce
through walls and cause all the planetary
Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.
Salvador Dali. Mae West 1935, Oil on Canvas.
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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only
what it considers to be shackles limiting our
vision.
The Burning Giraffe. 1937, Oil on Canvas.
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Where does Surrealism begin?

• Describe a dream that you have had in the past.
• Describe a situation that might be called surreal.

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Choose an Emotion

• What would a dream be like if that emotion was at
  the heart of that dream?
• What is your concept?
• How would an image convey that emotion?
• How would you conceptualize this image?
• What images could you put together to create this
  image?

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Terms of Interest

• Abstract
• Abstraction
• Concept
• Conception
• Conceptual
• Emotion
• Juxtapose
• Mimic
• Surreal

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