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- 1. Surrealism Zoe Irvin, Kyra Neumann, and Sarah Uhlian 1
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- 3. Preceding Art: Dada Dada 1916-1923 Anti-everything Protesting WWI Desired to provoke public controversy One rule: never follow any known rules Key people: Tristan Tzara and Marcel Duchamp WWI scattered DADA painters After the war: Returned to Paris where Dada activities 3 continued
- 4. Founder: André Breton Originally in Dada Breton v. Tristan Tzara Dada’s collapse in Paris BRETON’S CREATION OF SURREALISM Founder of surrealism Started as a writers only movement Eventually, accepted painters Manifesto of Surrealism Writer 4
- 5. Influences of WWI Social Change in the status of women Fear of another world war WWI made luxuries impossible Economic Inflation from war Political Entire map of Europe changed A plethora of new ideologies 5
- 6. Scientific Influences Freud Interpretation of dreams Unconscious Free Association Id, ego, and superego 6
- 7. Max Ernst (1891-1976) No formal art training Study philosophy and psychology Learned about Freud 7
- 8. Max Ernst (1891-1976) frottage and grattage Emphasis Contact between materials Transforming everyday materials to create an idea of your consciousness Led to automatism Influenced abstract expressionism 8
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- 10. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Madrid School of Fine Arts “There is only one difference between a “Each morning madman and me. The when I awake, I madman thinks he in experience again a supreme sane. I know I am pleasure- that of mad.” being Salvador Dali.” 10
- 11. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Eroticism, death, and decay Symbolism Critical paranoia Shock and unease Rejected from Surrealism by Breton "Geopoliticus Child Watching 11 the Birth of the New Man“ (1943)
- 12. Rene Magritte (1898-1967) Drawing lessons at age 10 Suicide of mother Abandonment during WWI Criminal record 12
- 13. Rene Magritte (1898-1967) Oil paintings Influenced pop art, minimalism, and conceptualism “The Son of Man” (1927) 13
- 14. Joan Miro (1893-1983) Loved drawing at an early age Studied landscape and decorative art at School of Industrial Fine Arts 14
- 15. Joan Miro (1893-1983) Limited palette Bold and expressive colors Partial surrealist Influenced color field painting within abstract expressionism 15
- 16. 16 “May 1968” (1973)
- 17. Characteristics: Accessing the unconscious Automatism Automatic writing Automatic speech Automatic painting Dreams Hallucinations Breton: Move toward objects Matisse: Moved away from objects 17
- 18. Characteristics Desired to portray basic drives Highlighting abuse of the female body Juxtaposition Reality and fantasy Limited by society Rebelling rational ideals of society Politics Left-wing Anti-capitalism 18
- 19. Critiques Freud Surrealists failed to access the unconscious Untrained use of psychoanalysis They deceived themselves Feminists fundamentally a male movement adopts archaic attitudes toward women Stereotypes, sexist norms, objects of desire, and of mystery 19
- 20. Reactions wary to support surrealists lack of using Freud’s conditions “What lacunae has this expansion been made possible?” surrealism played on Marxism and psychoanalysis obsessed with women and madness “The surrealists were not good with women. That is “Surrealism is a wonder, a wonder why, although I thought intricately woven from the everyday they were wonderful, I as if wonder itself could be a self- had to give them up in the sustaining more of perception.” 20 end.”
- 21. Successions Abstract expressionism Pop art Minimalism Conceptualism Neo-dada Performance 21
- 22. So what? Brought attention to unnecessary planning in art Seen today Advertisements Film Fashion photography 22
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- 31. Persistence of Memoryby Salvador 31 Dali- 1931
- 32. 32 Surrealism and Painting by Max Ernst- 1942
- 33. 33 Young Girl Eating a Bird by Rene Magritte- 1927
- 34. Surrealism Zoe Irvin, Kyra Neumann, and Sarah Uhlian 34