1. This is not a PowerPoint.
Why would someone say this? Why would someone want to confuse you?
To MAKE YOU THINK IN A DIFFERENT MANNER

2. “Elephants are contagious.”
-Paul Eluard
I’m not catching an elephant cold!
People thought Eluard was nuts.  Inspired by Andre Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto to create works without actually THINKING about what they were writing/creating.

3. Birth of Surrealism World War I a better way?
Dada movement> ANGER about WWI and wealthy population’s treatment of lower classes
Surrealism> despair and frustration>> is there a better way to think/behave? Tap into subconscious state to find those answers.
World War I
a better way?

4. Andre Breton The Surrealist Manifesto Surreality Subconscious/
Andre Breton 1924> “Manifeste du Surréalisme”
“Under the pretense of civilization and progress, we have managed to banish from the mind everything that may rightly or wrongly be termed superstition, or fancy; forbidden is any kind of search for truth which is not in conformance with accepted practices.”
Breton calls surrealism “…to express…the actual functioning of thought.”
Subconscious/
Dreams
Conscious/
Reality

5. “Marvellous is always beautiful, everything marvellous is beautiful.”
Andre Breton 1924> “Manifeste du Surréalisme”
“Under the pretense of civilization and progress, we have managed to banish from the mind everything that may rightly or wrongly be termed superstition, or fancy; forbidden is any kind of search for truth which is not in conformance with accepted practices.”
Breton calls surrealism “…to express…the actual functioning of thought.”

6. Rethink Reality trompe l’oeil= “trick of the eye” Magritte
A characteristic of surrealism is that it causes you to rethink reality.
Magritte
The Human Condition

7. Escher
Drawing Hands

8. Rob Gonsalves Marcianos

9. Distortion Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory
A characteristic of surrealism is the distortion of something; the object is still recognizable, but is distorted in some way.
Salvador Dali
Persistence of Memory

10. Vladmir Kush

11. Vladmir Kush

12. Incongruous Juxtaposition
A characteristic of surrealism is the incongruous (unsuitable/ incompatible) juxtaposition (set next to each other for comparison) of two objects. Again, this causes the audience to rethink the reality the artist/author sets before them.
Salvador Dali
Lobster with Telephone

13. More modern– 2000– was in the Guggenheim; surrealism exists today
Jeff Koons
Mountains

14. What elements of surrealism do you see here
What elements of surrealism do you see here? Rethink reality; distortion; incongruous juxtaposition.
Vladmir Kush