Surrealism
Surrealism is an visual art and written movement that was begun in the 20th century, around the early 19th century - 1920's
The surrealism movement was a movement that based their beliefs on the superior reality of certain forms of association neglected power of the conscious.
Andre Brenton was the founder and chief promoter of the movement, insisted that art and life could be renewed by reconnecting with the forbidden area of the mind - where chance, desire, dreams, coincidence and memory would meet. (Steyn,2016)
The manifesto consisted mostly of poetry and imagination literature, rather than your traditional visual arts. (Steyn,2016)
It went down as the liberation of art - Things are holding art back, rationality, conscious and control.
Ideas are controlled, meaning they're not free.
Everything was based on the dream world and how could one unlock that side of the brain and express it visually or in literature. The the sub-conscious photographic mind allowed them to express itself.
In this they challenged logic and reason it's not what they believed it to be - they portrayed it in their art, when the movement had more and more active members.
Surrealism was similar to DADA but, in their case it was more positive in spirit and light in terms of challenging the norms of society and status quo.
Brenton's early definition of surrealism is pure psychic automism.
They were heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis - they hoped the power of the psyche would reveal the contradictions of the real world, that couldn't be uncovered by the conscious mind - and what we are about to uncover would change the world we live in, also the perception of art in general.
All in all the surrealist wanted to explore the sub-conscious cause there is more to yourself than you know, or that the conscious mind exposes.
The crux of their art was how one can re-envision the dream world into a manifestation of fine or applied arts. (Somebody, 2016)
Was a versatile and prolific artist in history and today, he was heavily influenced by the cubist movement and one other prolific artist, Pablo Picasso & Sigmund Freud. (Steyn, 2016)
He mastered the arts of - sculpting, printmaking, advertising, writing and filmmaking. He became part of the surrealism movement when he moved to Paris in the1920s. (Gibson,2017)
His paintings were of paranoia and what happens when you wake before having a dream. Most of his work started to take a more surrealistic approach when he delved into the art of symbolism and the extended concept of the subconscious, and later got deeply into the concept of 'critical paranoia' which he explains as a state in which one could cultivate delusion while maintaining your sanity. (Steyn, 2016)
That's when most of his works started to take on a more illustrative element to them, and encorporated more of the dream world type of style the surrealists painted.
Dali's Hyper-realistic style was hard to dictate even for himself the style was consistent but he grew more into many ideas at the same time which made his work soo Intriguing. (Gibson, 2017)
Bibliography
Gibson, I. 2017 - Artist; Salvador Dali. http://www.theartstory.org/artist-dali-salvador.htm
Accessed: [10 May 2017]
Steyn. D, 2016. ACHG200 Early Modernism: Surrealism. Pearson Institute of Higher Education
The surrealism movement was a movement that based their beliefs on the superior reality of certain forms of association neglected power of the conscious.
Andre Brenton was the founder and chief promoter of the movement, insisted that art and life could be renewed by reconnecting with the forbidden area of the mind - where chance, desire, dreams, coincidence and memory would meet. (Steyn,2016)
The manifesto consisted mostly of poetry and imagination literature, rather than your traditional visual arts. (Steyn,2016)
It went down as the liberation of art - Things are holding art back, rationality, conscious and control.
Ideas are controlled, meaning they're not free.
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| Conscious vs Sub Conscious - Iceberg jpg |
Everything was based on the dream world and how could one unlock that side of the brain and express it visually or in literature. The the sub-conscious photographic mind allowed them to express itself.
In this they challenged logic and reason it's not what they believed it to be - they portrayed it in their art, when the movement had more and more active members.
Surrealism was similar to DADA but, in their case it was more positive in spirit and light in terms of challenging the norms of society and status quo.
Brenton's early definition of surrealism is pure psychic automism.
They were heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis - they hoped the power of the psyche would reveal the contradictions of the real world, that couldn't be uncovered by the conscious mind - and what we are about to uncover would change the world we live in, also the perception of art in general.
All in all the surrealist wanted to explore the sub-conscious cause there is more to yourself than you know, or that the conscious mind exposes.
The crux of their art was how one can re-envision the dream world into a manifestation of fine or applied arts. (Somebody, 2016)
Salvador Dali
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| Salvador Dali Portrait |
Was a versatile and prolific artist in history and today, he was heavily influenced by the cubist movement and one other prolific artist, Pablo Picasso & Sigmund Freud. (Steyn, 2016)
He mastered the arts of - sculpting, printmaking, advertising, writing and filmmaking. He became part of the surrealism movement when he moved to Paris in the1920s. (Gibson,2017)
His paintings were of paranoia and what happens when you wake before having a dream. Most of his work started to take a more surrealistic approach when he delved into the art of symbolism and the extended concept of the subconscious, and later got deeply into the concept of 'critical paranoia' which he explains as a state in which one could cultivate delusion while maintaining your sanity. (Steyn, 2016)
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| The Melting Watch - Salvador Dali |
That's when most of his works started to take on a more illustrative element to them, and encorporated more of the dream world type of style the surrealists painted.
Dali's Hyper-realistic style was hard to dictate even for himself the style was consistent but he grew more into many ideas at the same time which made his work soo Intriguing. (Gibson, 2017)
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| salvador-dali-soft-construction-with-boiled-beans |
Bibliography
Gibson, I. 2017 - Artist; Salvador Dali. http://www.theartstory.org/artist-dali-salvador.htm
Accessed: [10 May 2017]
Steyn. D, 2016. ACHG200 Early Modernism: Surrealism. Pearson Institute of Higher Education
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