1. Surrealism continued …
Examining another surrealist artist

2. What do Surrealist artists paint about?
Salvador Dali
Imagination (nathan)
Paints about other people in other countries and states (K)
Paints about weird stuff – strange melting clocks, time (reginald)
Makes real things look weird (alejandra)
Emotions because I think his paintings show how people feel
feelings

3. Rene Magritte
“… what has never been.”

4. Rene Magritte paintings

7. Magritte once said …
“To be a Surrealist … means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen and being always on the look out for what has never been.”

8. What does this mean to you …

9. Margritte’s Dream house
Imagine if you woke up and your room looked like this?
What everyday objects do you see?
What are all these things doing together in the picture?
A comb is larger than a bed? How can that be!
Notice the sizes of these things. What is strange about them?
Can you explain why the sizes of things are so mixed up?
Look into the cabinet. What do you notice?
Walls are made of clouds. How can you explain this?
Look closely. How can you explain that the furniture is inside the room and not outside.
What would you do with all these things?

10. Make your own dream room …
Make the room. Glue the magazine strip to the bottom of your picture to show the floor. Then draw a border around the sides and top. Finally, make the “wall” of your picture into a sky with clouds, birds, and sun if you like.
Clip magazine pictures. Look for things you find indoors such as furniture. Then look for things you find outside such as trees, cars, and grass. Then find everyday objects like sneakers, cups, or food.
Turn it inside out. Put things inside the room that belong outside. Change the size of things.
Draw if you like too. With the magazine cutouts maybe you can draw more furniture or outside objects.