4/18/06Motter 1 SURREALISM UNIT PRESENTATION Featuring the life and work of surrealist artists.

Motter2 4/18/06 One of the most famous artists of the surrealist movement. View a video clip of Dali’s life and work Listen to audio clips from Dali interviews daligallery.com/

Motter3 4/18/06 The Artist… Artist of the 20th century An eccentric and exhibitionist Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and designer Phases of Cubism, Futurism, and Metaphysical painting Joined the Surrealists in 1929

Motter4 4/18/06 “Critical Paranoia” Dali’s positive theory One should create their own illusions Control of reason and will suspended Should be used in everyday affairs

Motter5 4/18/06 Paintings Reoccurring images Unreal “dream” space present Hallucinatory characters of the imagination “Hand-painted dream photographs”

Motter6 4/18/06 www. Surrealism.org/margitte.html

Motter7 4/18/06 The Artist and his work… Artist during the second half on 20th century Philosophical and poetic content Intellectual and social trends of the time Simplicity in his paintings is misleading The world is a sufficient source of mystery. Images reflect mystery of the visible world

Motter8 4/18/06 “Precociousness” Magritte’s theory State before and during waking up Played an important role in his work Hallucinations occurred while Magritte was awake.

Motter9 4/18/06 His work’s meaning.. Visual thinking Provides clues to mental process involved Cannot be solved like a puzzle

Motter10 4/18/06 Q&A on Dali and Magritte True or False Dali was an eccentric? What was Dali’s theory called? What year did Dali join the surrealists? What was Magritte’s theory called? What types of content did his work contain? Where did Magritte draw his images from? True Critical Paranoia 1929 Precociousness Philosophical and poetic The real-world and dreams

Motter11 4/18/06 Student Surrealistic Environment Project Examples e.g. A+ e.g. B+ e.g. C- e.g. D-