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resented by
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rrea||sm
* lL began ln 1924
* lL was an arLlsLlc movemenL LhaL broughL LogeLher
arLlsLs Lhlnkers and researchers ln hunL of sense of
expresslon of Lhe unconsclous
* Surreallsm ls a sLyle ln whlch fanLasLlcal vlsual lmagery
from Lhe subconsclous mlnd ls used wlLh no lnLenLlon of
maklng Lhe work loglcally comprehenslble
* 1he surreallsLs soughL Lo channel Lhe unconsclous as a
means Lo unlock Lhe power of Lhe lmaglnaLlon
* 1hey pracLlced dlsdalnlng raLlonallsm and llLerary
reallsm
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* Surreallsm has come Lo be seen as Lhe mosL lnfluenLlal
movemenL ln LwenLleLh cenLury
arL
* 1hey seek access Lo Lhelr unconsclous mlnd ln order Lo make
arL lnsplred by Lhls realm
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* Surreallsm shared much of Lhe anLlraLlonallsm of uada Lhe
movemenL ouL of whlch lL grew
* SurreallsLs were lnLeresLed ln exposlng Lhe complex and
repressed lnner worlds of Lhelr mlnds and Lhelr lrraLlonal
behavlor
* 1hey belleved lL Lapplng lnLo Lhe subconsclous by creaLlng
unllkely [uxLaposlLlons uslng lmagery garnered from popular
culLure
|den age
* 1931 was a year when several SurreallsL palnLers
produced works whlch marked Lurnlng polnLs ln Lhelr
sLyllsLlc evoluLlon
* 8eLween 1930 and 1933 Lhe SurreallsL Croup ln arls
lssued Lhe perlodlcal Le Surreallsm
* lrom 1936 Lhrough 1938 Lhey rose ln popularlLy
* 1936 Museum of Modern ArL ln new ?ork shows Lhe
exhlblLlon of Surreallsm
* 1938 1he surreallsLs exhlblLed around 300 palnLlngs
ob[ecLs collages phoLographs and lnsLallaLlons
Andre 8reLon
8ene Crevel
8oberL uesnos
Max LrnsL
Wllfredo Lam
Andre Masson
lrlda kahlo
aul klee
MaLLa
aul Lluard
Marc Chagall
!oan Mlro
Man 8ay
MereL Cppenhelm
Wolfgang aalen
hlllppe SupaulL
8aoul ubac
Salvador uall
Louls Aragon
Pans 8ellmer
Marchel uuchamp
8ene MagrlLLe
?ves 1anguy
Cscar uomlnlguez
Marc Chagall
!oan Mlro
Man 8ay
MereL Cppenhelm
Wolfgang aalen
hlllppe SupaulL
8aoul ubac
Salvador uall
Marchel uuchamp
8ene MagrlLLe
?ves 1anguy
Cscar uomlnlguez
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Impact rrea||sm
Whlle Surreallsm ls Lyplcally assoclaLed wlLh Lhe arLs lL has been sald Lo Lranscend Lhem Surreallsm
has had an lmpacL ln many oLher flelds ln Lhls sense Surreallsm does noL speclflcally
refer only Lo selfldenLlfled SurreallsLs" raLher lL refers Lo a
range of creaLlve acLs of revolL and efforLs Lo llberaLe lmaglnaLlon Surreallsm ls
seen by lLs advocaLes as belng lnherenLly dynamlc and as dlalecLlcal ln lLs LhoughL
Surreallsm ln Lhe modern world
Surreallsm ln Lhe modern world ls seen mosLly ln movles
and muslc 1hey are also seen ln phoLography 1hey lnsplre arLlsLs
of all genre all over Lhe world ln Lhe presenL day
me mdern day m|es that se the
cncept srrea||sm are
8elng !ohn Malkovlc
Ldward Sclssorhands
uonnle uarko
SLranger Lhan flcLlon
Mullolhand drlve
1he lmaglnarlum of uocLor arnassus
LLernal sunshlne of Lhe spoLless mlnd
l movle
,s|c |n wh|ch srrea||sm |s seen are
ArLlsLs
lnk lloyd
1he uoors
!lml Pendrlx
8ob uylan
Cueen
1he 8eaLles
1he lyrlcs of Lhese bands are vague wlLh a deeper meanlng
and Lhey generally play muslc LhaL ls mosLly psychedellc
more llke ln a sLaLe of Lrance LhaL exceeds Lhe normal
harmony
AnoLher fleld of arL LhaL surreallsm lnfluences ma[orly ls phoLography l'd llke
Lo menLlon Lhe followlng phoLographers
karen SLuke
aul nouge
Marcel Maurlen
C8!LC1lvL LLA8nlnC Anu CCnCLuSlCn
1he ob[ecLlve of my sLudy of Surreallsm ls Lo learn more
abouL Lhe Lechnlques and meLhods
used by Lhe SurreallsLs and Lo use Lhem as an lnfluence ln
my work lL has LaughL me a loL
and l would llke Lo dlsplay some of my work here
lnfluenced by Lhe sLudy of Lhls parLlcular
movemenL
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