1. Surrealism & Bizarre Art

2. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920’s & is best known for its visual artworks & writings. Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities during World War I.

4. Surrealism embodies: Fantastical visual imagery from the subconscious mind. No intention of making the work logically comprehensible. Attracted many members of the Dada movement. Surrealism was deeply influenced by the work of Freud and Jung.

5. Realistic objects in a bizarre or dreamlike setting. Dali - The Temptation of Saint Anthony

6. Salvador Dali – Persistence of Sleep

7. 6 Surrealistic Techniques – “How to make the ordinary look extraordinary” Scale Levitation Juxtaposition Dislocation Transparency Transformation

8. SCALE Changing an object’s scale, or relative size.

10. LEVITATION Floating objects that don’t normally float

13. JUXTAPOSITION Joining two images together in impossible combinations

15. DISLOCATION Taking an object form its usual environment and placing it in an unfamiliar one

17. TRANSPARENCY Making objects transparent that are not usually transparent

19. TRANSFORMATION Changing objects in unusual way