Surrealism:. What is Surrealism Art? Art that explores the inner mind and your dreamsArt that explores the inner mind and your dreams Art that very imaginativeArt.

Surrealism:Surrealism:

What is Surrealism Art?What is Surrealism Art?• Art that explores the inner mind Art that explores the inner mind

and your dreamsand your dreams

• Art that very imaginativeArt that very imaginative

• Art that is kinda weird!!Art that is kinda weird!!

Let’s look at some examples …Let’s look at some examples …

As you can see …As you can see …

Surrealism can be many different thingsSurrealism can be many different things

Surrealism can be …Surrealism can be …•A piece of art that A piece of art that shocks you because shocks you because it looks so different it looks so different than what we are than what we are used toused to•Everyday objects Everyday objects like people can have like people can have a strange size, color, a strange size, color, or shapeor shape

•Anything your Anything your imagination can imagination can dream updream up•Very detailed and Very detailed and very colorfulvery colorful

How did Surrealism happen?How did Surrealism happen?•Artists were Artists were responding to the responding to the horror of World War Ihorror of World War I•They were tired of all They were tired of all the fighting and the fighting and killingkilling•Surrealist artists Surrealist artists thought that if we thought that if we used our imagination used our imagination more we could more we could change our society change our society for the better.for the better.

•Surrealism started Surrealism started as a movement in the as a movement in the early 1920s.early 1920s.•Most artists no Most artists no longer practice longer practice surrealism, but its surrealism, but its impact on all art is impact on all art is still clear todaystill clear today

If you want to be a surrealist artist …If you want to be a surrealist artist … •Really explore and Really explore and think about your think about your dreams. Even the dreams. Even the weird dreams that weird dreams that don’t make any don’t make any sense. Then turn sense. Then turn those dreams into artthose dreams into art•Be different. Try Be different. Try writing a story where writing a story where you write the first you write the first words that come into words that come into your head even if your head even if they don’t make they don’t make sensesense

•Try drawing or Try drawing or painting without painting without looking at your looking at your paper. Whatever paper. Whatever your picture looks your picture looks like it will be creative, like it will be creative, right?right?•See the world in a See the world in a new way … mix new way … mix everything up!everything up!

Salvador DaliSalvador Dali

A Spanish surrealist artistA Spanish surrealist artist

Look at these Dali paintingsLook at these Dali paintings

What did you think?What did you think?

Now look at this one …Now look at this one …

•What do you see What do you see here?here?•What would it be What would it be like in this place?like in this place?•Notice the Notice the clocksclocks. What is . What is unusual about unusual about them?them?•Why are the Why are the clocks soft? How clocks soft? How would you explain would you explain this mystery?this mystery?•Take a look at the Take a look at the large object on large object on the ground. What the ground. What could it be?could it be?•Find a tree. What Find a tree. What is strange about is strange about it?it?•What would the What would the weather be like in weather be like in this place?this place?•What about this What about this place is like a place is like a dream?dream?•Would you want Would you want to be in this to be in this picture? Why or picture? Why or Why not?Why not?

The Persistence of MemoryThe Persistence of Memory

Your own Dali masterpieceYour own Dali masterpiece

Follow the directions on the next slide!Follow the directions on the next slide!

Directions for your surrealism art project• Make the placeMake the place.. Paste a magazine Paste a magazine

picture on construction paper. Then cut picture on construction paper. Then cut so the picture is the same size on the so the picture is the same size on the sides. Leave extra space at the top!sides. Leave extra space at the top!

• Trick the eyeTrick the eye.. Cut out magazine Cut out magazine pictures of things that can stand in for pictures of things that can stand in for something else. For example, wheels something else. For example, wheels might be made of chili cans.might be made of chili cans.

• ArrangeArrange your pictures to create an your pictures to create an imaginary place.imaginary place.

• WriteWrite a short story about your picture. a short story about your picture.

Directions for your surrealism art project• Make the place. Paste a magazine

picture on construction paper. Then cut so the picture is the same size on the sides. Leave extra space at the top!

• Trick the eye. Cut out magazine pictures of things that can stand in for something else. For example, wheels might be made of chili cans.

• Arrange your pictures to create an imaginary place.

• Write a short story about your picture.