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SurrealismJosh Keyes

SURREALISM.

Surrealism as a movement took shape in the 1920’s, in the wake of the irrational chaos of the First World War. Early Surrealists were influenced by the writings of Sigmund Freud on the unconscious mind, and by Freud’s ideas about meanings in dream imagery.

Man Rayphoto-collage

“ A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the

workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and

incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.”

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Max Ernst

Early surrealists used “automatic” techniques such as ink blots, frottage rubbings orcollage to access the “subconscious mind.”

Max Ernst

Max Ernst COLLAGES

Giorgio De Chirico

Rene Magritte

Surrealistic Incongruity of ScaleRene Magritte

Salvador Dali

Remedios Varo

Frida Kahlo

Julie Heffernan

Yves Tanguey

Surrealist art may be highly abstract.

Joan Miro

Peter Saul

Jerry Uelsmann

Surreal Photography

Jerry Uelsmann

Todd Schorr

PopSurrealism:“Low-Brow”

Luke Chueh

Mark Ryden

Meret Oppenheim

Man Ray

SURREALIST SCULPTURE

HansBellmer

Frank GehryDancing Building

Surreal ARCHITECTURE

Rick Bartow

Kate MccGwire

John Pound

Garbage Pail Kids

LOCALEUREKASURREALISTS

JeffJordan

Jesse Weidel

Richard Notkin

SURREAL CERAMIC SCULPTURE

Myriam McChitaMyriamMcChita

Michael LuceroKeith Schneider

Charles Simonds

Chuck Johnson

Louise BourgeoisLouise Bourgeois

Justin Novak

Michael Klapthor

Thomas Schneider

Terry Wingenbach

Robert Arneson

Richard Shaw

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Westmoreland

Jason Walker

Susan Clusener

Claire Hedden

Brendan Lee Tang Jack Earl

STUDENT WORK:Ceramic Wall Sculptures