Surrealism Prepared by: Ofeleah K.
Macarao
Surrealism is a cultural and artistic
movement that originated on the
1920s and 1930s as a reaction to
the traumas of world War I and
the disillusionment with modern
civilization. It is a style that tries to
challenge reality by depicting a
ART CONCEPT warped, irrational universe filled
with surprising, bizarre features.
The movement’s aspiration towards the liberation of the This movement had a
mind as well as the liberation of artistic expressions has also tremendnous impact on literature,
meant seeking political freedom. In many instances, these film, amd other kinds of artistic
expression; it was not confined to
artists have turned to political activism. In this way, the the visual arts alone.
revolutionary concepts encouraged by Surrealism has led
the movement to be seen as a way of life.
ChARACTERisTiCs PURPOsE
• Expressions of the subconscious mind Surrealism aims to revolutionize human
• Art designed to unsettle and transgress experience. It balances a rational vision of life
boundaries with one that asserts the power of the
• The liberation of thought and language unconscious and dreams. The movement’s
artists find magic and strange beauty in the
• Chance, randomess, and unpredicatbility
unexpected and the uncanny, the disregarded
and the unconventional. At the core of their
work is the willingness to challenge imposed
values and norm, and a search for freedom.
FAMOUs ARTisTs
Rene Magritte Max Ernst
Salvador Dali
FAMOUs ARTWORKs
Soft Construction with Boiled
Beans (Premonition of Civil War) The Son of Man The Elephant Celebes
by Salvador Dali by Rene Magritte by Max Ernst
