Dada and Surrealism 1916 Founded in neutral Zurich in 1916 –Group of refugees from WWI Overthrow authority and cultivate absurdity Denounce and shock Awaken the imagination
Jean Arp Mountain, Anchors, Table, Navel 1925
Marcel Duchamp Fountain 1917
Marcel Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1913)
Kurt Schwitters Das Undbild 1919
Surrealism A direct off-spring of Dadaism Flourished during 1920’s and 30’s –Began as a literary movement Grew out of Freudian free-association and dream analysis Uncover truths unreachable by logic Improvised Art Others created hallucinatory scenes
Giorgio De Chirico The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street (1914)
Joan Miro Dutch Interior II 1920
Max Ernst The Elephant Celebs 1921
Max Ernst The Preparation of Glue from Bones 1921
Max Ernst Two Children Threatened by a Nightingale 1924
Max Ernst L'Ange du foyer ou Le Triomphe du surréalisme 1937
Marc Chagall I and the Village 1911
Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931
Salvador Dali Swans Reflecting Elephants 1937
Salvador Dali Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on Beach 1938
Salvador Dali Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man 1943
Salvador Dali Soft Construction with Boiled Beans 1936
Rene Magritte The False Mirror 1928
Rene Magritte The Portrait 1935
Rene Magritte Golconde 1953