Exploring Surrealism in Modern Art

Surrealism

Art movement aimed at liberating the individual.

Melting clocks

Iconic surrealist imagery representing distorted time.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Coined 'Surrealism' in 1917, defining creative freedom.

Romanticism

Art movement influencing surrealist themes and aesthetics.

Dada

Art movement rejecting tradition to disrupt modern life.

Automatism

Unconscious, involuntary creativity embraced by surrealists.

André Breton

Authored Surrealist Manifesto, promoting psychic automatism.

Freud's theory

Influenced surrealism through concepts of the unconscious.

Revolutionary potential

Surrealism aimed at social change and liberation.

Exquisite Corpse

Surrealist game creating collaborative, unexpected artworks.

Chance in art

Artists relinquished control to chance and materials.

Shadowgrams

Technique using light and shadows for surreal effects.

Found objects

Utilized everyday items to inspire creativity and imagination.

Juxtaposition

Placing contrasting elements together to provoke thought.

Meret Oppenheim

Created fur-covered teacup, blending playfulness and uncanny.

Max Ernst

Known for collages that tell surreal stories.

Salvador Dalí

Developed paranoiac-critical method, exploring madness scientifically.

Anti-colonial stance

Surrealists protested colonialism and racism in art.

The uncanny

Freud's concept of familiar made strange in art.

Magritte's pipe

Illustrates image vs reality in surrealism.

Photography in surrealism

Used as a doubling process to enhance surreal effects.