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 – 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 Ernst The Horde, 1927, oil on canvas. Grattage
Joan Miro’ Dutch Interior I, Oil on Canvas biomorphic
Salvador Dali What do you think? No need to know this title.
Dali The Persistence of Memory, Oil on Canvas
Meret Oppenheim Object Fur-covered cup.
Frida Kahlo The 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 Universe Fresco. 1930s?