Surrealism

1924-Is it really ever over?

Surrealism – KEY IDEAS

• Started by Andre Breton, French writer, who was also a member of the Dada movement.

• 1924 – Published “Manifesto of Surrealism”• Liberation of the individual’s unconscious• Rooted in the work of Freud and Jung• Automatism utilized to design without

conscious control: frottage/grattage• Representations of dreams/subconscious

Max ErnstThe Horde, 1927, oil on canvas. •Grattage

Joan Miro’Dutch Interior I, 1928. Oil on Canvas•biomorphic

Salvador DaliWhat do you think? No need to know this title.

Dali

• The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on Canvas

Meret OppenheimObject. 1936. Fur-covered cup.

Frida KahloThe Two Fridas. 1939, Oil on canvas.

Mexican Muralists•NOT SURREALISM!!!!! But Diego Rivera was married to Frida Kahlo, who, by the way, said she wasn’t a surrealist, but is usually considered one academically. •Themes often promoted a socialist agenda – heroic struggle of the worker•Revival of the fresco•Unmistakable meaning, very clear to viewer and easily understood. •Horror vacui•Dadactic painting•Colorful

Man, Controller of the UniverseFresco. 1930s?