1. Perspectives I Art - Milito
Dreams & Surrealism
Perspectives I Art - Milito

2. What is SURREALISM? Means beyond reality
A cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings

3. State of Mind It allowed the sub/unconscious to be expressed
Aimed to “resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dreams and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality”- Breton

4. Beginnings
Officially consecrated in Paris in the Manifesto of Surrealism by Andre Breton
Post WWI, it sprang out of the Dada art movement
A humorous approach to art that pushed the boundaries of art
Surrealist continued to push the boundaries of reality
“Lobster Telephone” by Salvador Dali 1936
“Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp 1917 (urinal)

5. “The Treachery of Images” by Rene Magritte 1928
Influences
“The Treachery of Images” by Rene Magritte 1928
Influenced by the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud centered on the unconscious mind
Artists often incorporated automatism
(automatic writing /painting / etc. )
Used dreams as inspiration & experimented with hypnosis

6. Striking Features
Tricks the eye & forces the viewer to further visually investigate
Hallucinatory content
Unnerving & surprising content & composition

7. Key Aspects Illogical & unnatural scenes Bizarre subject mater
Photographic precision & technical skills

8. Subject Matter
Surrealism captured a very wide spectrum of subject matter but often included…
Juxtaposition
Combining of unrelated, opposite, or unlikely objects or elements
“The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali
“Object” (Fur Tea Set) by Meret Oppenheim 1936

9. Commonalities Strange creatures / contorted figures
An unimaginable & distorted reality / dream world
“Breach” by Vladimir Kush

10. What features of surrealism do you see?
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11. What features of surrealism do you see?
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12. What features of surrealism do you see?
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13. What features of surrealism do you see?
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