Surrealism Presentation

ContextWhat is itHow Began What did they doKey Figures and WorkModern ExamplesLegacy/Why listen to me

Context

What is it

SURREALISM, noun, masc.

Pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express, either verbally or in writing, the true function of thought. Thought dictated in the absence of all control exerted by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations.Manifeste du surréalisme

Surrealist Manifesto

How Began

André Breton

André Breton

Littérature, advertisement, 23 January, 1920. Littérature, cover, vol.2 no.1, 1 March 1922. Littérature, cover, vol.2 no.5, 1 October 1922.

El Corno Emplumado, no.27, 1968, cover by Robert David Cohen.

Minotaure, no.7, 1935, cover by Joan Miro. Minotaure, vol.1 no.1, 1933, cover by Pablo Picasso. Edited by Albert Skira and E Tériade.

Minotaure, vol.1 no.2, 1933Gaston-Louis Roux

Minotaure, vol.1 no.3-4, 1933Man Ray

Minotaure, vol.3 no.11, 1938Max Ernst

Minotaure, vol.3 no.12-13, 1936Diego Rivera

Minotaure, vol.3 no.8, 1936Salvador Dalí

El Corno Emplumado, no.27, July 1968, cover by Robert David Cohen.

Isamu Noguchi, View, vol.7 no.1,cover, 1946

Phases, cover vol.2 no.1, 1969. Edda, cover of no.5, 1964.

Gebrauchsgraphik, cover

What is it exactly

What did they do

Key Figures and Work

Ray, Arp, Tanguy, Breton, Tzara, Dalí, Ernst, Elaurd, Crevel

Giorgio de Chirico, Piazza d’Italia (Autumn Melancholy), 1919

“Untitled (Forest)”, 1916-1917, Jean Arp

Cenicitas, 1927-1928 by Salvador Dalí

The Persistence of Memory, 1931 by Salvador Dalí

Joan Miro

Max Ernst, circa 1930

Rene Magritte translated

René Magritte and similar

René Magritte and similar

Man Ray, circa 1930

Frida Khalo

Yves Tanguy, Indefinite Divisibility, 1942

Modern Examples

Modern Examples

* Not claiming surrealists

Paul Rand, 1955

Nate Williams

Salvador Dali style

Rene Magritte style

Man Ray style

Edward Fella

Brian Schorn

Alvin Lustig

Elliott Earls

Stefan SagmeisterElliot Earls

Benbo George

Able Parris Rose Matthew

Jonathon Rosen

Alexis Mackenzie

Important Artists Include

Classical:Tristan TzaraHieronymus BoschAlexander Calder Andre BretonMan RayGiorgio De ChiricoGiacomo BallaJean Arp Francis PicabiaMax Ernst Yves Tanguy Marcel DuchampPaul KleeRoberto MattaJoan MiróSalvador DaliRene MagritteGeorges BraqueAndre MassonIsamu NoguchiCarlo MollinoPablo PicassoMeret Oppenheim

Modern:Hedda SterneJan SvankmayerThe Brothers QuayBrian SchornEd FellaGeoff McfetridgeStefan StagmeisterGrete SternEllen AuerbachLeon KellyLuisa LombardelliAlexis Anne MackenziePaul RandAlvin LustigAble ParrisElliott EarlsJan Svankmajer

Legacy/Why listen to me

“Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts on the mind very much as drugs do; like drugs, it creates a certain state of need and can push man to frightful revolts.”

“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.”

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