Surrealism What is Surrealism Art Art that explores

Surrealism:

What is Surrealism Art? • Art that explores the inner mind and your dreams • Art that very imaginative • Art that is kinda weird!! Let’s look at some examples …

As you can see … Surrealism can be many different things

Surrealism can be … • A piece of art that shocks you because it looks so different than what we are used to • Everyday objects like people can have a strange size, color, or shape • Anything your imagination can dream up • Very detailed and very colorful

How did Surrealism happen? • Artists were responding to the horror of World War I • They were tired of all the fighting and killing • Surrealist artists thought that if we used our imagination more we could change our society for the better. • Surrealism started as a movement in the early 1920 s. • Most artists no longer practice surrealism, but its impact on all art is still clear today

If you want to be a surrealist artist … • Really explore and think about your dreams. Even the weird dreams that don’t make any sense. Then turn those dreams into art • Be different. Try writing a story where you write the first words that come into your head even if they don’t make sense • Try drawing or painting without looking at your paper. Whatever your picture looks like it will be creative, right? • See the world in a new way … mix everything up!

Salvador Dali A Spanish surrealist artist

Look at these Dali paintings

What did you think? Now look at this one …

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

Your own Dali masterpiece Follow the directions on the next slide!

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.

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.