1. Thank you for using this pre-visit resource. We believe this will help strengthen student learning leading up to and during your gallery visit. Due to the different versions of PowerPoint schools may use, please check for, and correct any formatting issues before you use this presentation with your students. Please check by viewing in slide show format before making any necessary changes. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Welcome Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts Phone: (09) 577 0138 ext 7703 jeremy@tetuhi.org.nz Jeremy Leatinu’u Education Coordinator

2. Image: http://www.notpaper.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=surreal&limit=20http://www.notpaper.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=surreal&limit=20 Photo Chop! Te Tuhi pre-visit lesson 1

3. During the next few this lessons we will be exploring… Surrealism Welcome to Photo Chop! The art of collage Painting VS Technology Image: http://ubuntudigest.blogspot.co.nz/2010/05/polaroid-frame-effect-using-gimp.html http://knightranger.deviantart.com/art/Polaroid-Frame-105135700 http://pixdaus.com

4. Let’s start this lesson by exploring “Surrealism”. Image: http://www.zuzafun.com/samy-charnine-surrealismhttp://www.zuzafun.com/samy-charnine-surrealism

5. What is Surrealism? And who are the Surrealists? Image: http://echostains.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/angels-of-anarchy-women-surrealists-exhibition-2/ http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/ http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.co.nz/2011/01/palette-knife-still-life.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_C%C3%A9zanne_115.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsar_nikolai.jpg Surrealism started in the 1920’s when a group of artists and writers were thinking about new ways of creating art At the time many styles of painting were being created, from landscape painting to portrait painting and still life painting This group of artists and writers known as the Surrealists, decided they wanted to create their own style of painting

6. Surrealists became interested in creating paintings that were generally based on their dreams. Image:http://livelearnloveleave.com/must-see/35-best-salvador-dalia-paintings/http://livelearnloveleave.com/must-see/35-best-salvador-dalia-paintings/ Text: http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artstyle.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artstyle.htm Some dreams were strange and un-real but the Surrealists liked the idea of creating paintings of places people have never seen or experienced.

7. Their paintings were filled with familiar objects which were painted to look strange or mysterious. Image: http://www.triin.info/2009/06/tim-walker-versus-surrealist-rene.html http://josephhensondigitalenvironment.blogspot.co.nz/2010/11/artist-research-rene-magritte.html Text: http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artstyle.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artstyle.htm Surrealists would often think about the size of familiar objects and change them. This would help them create paintings of places out of this world.

8. Surrealists hoped their odd paintings would make people look at things in a different way and change the way they felt about the world they lived in. Image: http://livelearnloveleave.com/must-see/35-best-salvador-dalia-paintings/ Text: http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artstyle.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artstyle.htm They thought that their paintings might stir up feelings in the back of peoples minds

9. Over the years many artists decided to make art this way, from painters to photographers and sculptors. Image: http://search.it.online.fr/BIGart/?p=105http://search.it.online.fr/BIGart/?p=105

10. Surrealism inspired photographers to think about how they could use photographs in an interesting way Image: http://bells1.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/surrealism-in-photography.html http://www.listal.com/list/photographers-surrealists

11. Image: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/beautifully-surreal-sculptures http://www.art.com/products/p1631811061-sa-i4190593/wendy-connett-entrance-to-las-pozas-the-pools-surrealist-sculpture-garden-and-architecture.htm http://neosurrealism.artdigitaldesign.com/modern-artists/?images/midsize/fine-art/woman-in-bed.jpg Artists working in sculpture also became inspired by Surrealism, bringing imagination and fantasy to life

12. Image: http://www.sprayblog.net/2010/06/surrealistic-paintings-by-vladimir-kush/http://www.sprayblog.net/2010/06/surrealistic-paintings-by-vladimir-kush/ http://www.spiritofspider.com/2011/11/vladimir-kush-metaphorical- surrealism/ Surrealism continues to inspire many painters today Artworks are by artist Vladimir Kush considered as one of the best surrealist artists alive

13. Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far… As we have seen, Surrealism can be an interesting way to create art…

14. Surrealism started from a group of artists and writers who wanted to create art in a new and different way artworks are generally based on dreams, imagination and fantasy. Sometimes they use familiar objects and make them appear strange or mysterious has influenced many artists to think about how they make art. From painters to photographers and sculptors. What have we learnt so far? offered people a chance to look at things in a different way and change how we felt about the world we live in

15. In the next lesson we will explore “The Art of Collage”. End of lesson