Introduction to surrealism

INTRODUCTION TO SURREALISM

     Surrealism is a cultural, literary and artistic movement that began around the early 1920s and it is known for its visual artworks and writings. It was only in the 1930s where surrealism became more visible to the public at large. The style is depictive, abstract and psychological. It is visually appealing as it is bizarre, not normal and has illogical and unrealistic drawings, hence the name. The qualities of the artistic movement make it unique and stand out. Surrealist works feature the element of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions to express the artist’s idea of concept as well as allow the viewer to be open to a full range of imagination. However, all these crazy and wild ideas are from everyday objects that are expressed in the form of surrealism to allow artist to unconsciously express his thoughts, feelings and ideas via inexplicable or weird art pieces where objects, people and shapes are greatly distorted and strange colors are used. These grasp the artist’s innermost thoughts and feeling in the form of a dream reality. One of the first surrealism artists is Andre Breton. Developing the philosophy of surrealism, they believed that surrealism would advocate the idea that ordinary and depictive expressions are vital and important. Surrealism is a movement that involves many different techniques, a few of which include automatism, frottage and decalcomania.