{"id":364,"date":"2020-11-24T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelsyzugazaga2\/?p=364"},"modified":"2020-11-24T23:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T23:26:36","slug":"364-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelsyzugazaga2\/364-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey 9 – The Art of Imagination and Unconscious Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|auto|34px|auto||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelsyzugazaga2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11621\/2020\/11\/medium_item_1371619_168ad4db30.jpg” _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”medium_item_1371619_168ad4db30″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ force_fullwidth=”on” transform_scale=”156%|156%” transform_origin=”50%|53%” height=”360px” max_height=”371px” min_height=”166px” align=”center” custom_margin=”63px||63px||true|false”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”51px|||||”]

The Persistence of Memory”, color lithograph by Salvador Dali <\/em><\/strong>Source:\u00a0https:\/\/auctionet.com\/en\/1371619-salvador-dali-the-persistence-of-memory-color-lithograph-signed-and-numbered-102-300<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|auto|30px|auto||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”-51px||-104px|||”]

The Surrealist movement initially surfaced in France in 1924 as an offset from Dadaism. It was the poet Guilliame Apollinaire who first coined the term \u201cSurreal\u201d in reference to the idea of an independent reality, existing \u201cbeneath\u201d our conscious reality. He coined the word for the play\u00a0Les Mamelles de Tir\u00e9sias<\/i>\u00a0performed in 1917. The word sparked the imagination of the French poet Andr\u00e9 Breton. He\u00a0published his \u201cManifesto of Surrealism<\/i>,\u201d influenced by the theories and writings on the unconscious by psychologist Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and the early 20<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span>– century Dada movement. <\/span>This interest in the collective or individual subconscious was in many ways a result of the alienation from and disillusionment with humanity following the end of World War I.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Surrealism started as a literary movement in the prose and poetry of Breton and others, visual artists such as Giorgio de Chirico,\u00a0Pablo Picasso<\/a>, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp embraced Surrealism and were recognized in Breton\u2019s 1925 publication, \u201cLa R\u00e9volution Surr\u00e9aliste.<\/i>\u201d One artist who crossed over from the Dadaist pond to surrealism was Max Ernst.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Front cover of\u00a0first issue of\u00a0La R\u00e9volution surr\u00e9aliste, December 1924.<\/strong> Source:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_R%C3%A9volution_surr%C3%A9aliste<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelsyzugazaga2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11621\/2020\/11\/ubu-imperator.jpg” _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”ubu-imperator” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

Ubu Imperator, 1923 – by Max Ernst<\/strong>, Source:\u00a0www.Max-Ernst.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” column_structure=”3_5,2_5″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”3_5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”83px|0px||||”]

A fundamental aspect of the Surrealist movement is a mode of expression called \u201cautomatism,\u201d which involves the act of automatic or uncensored recording of the thoughts and images that emerge into an artist\u2019s mind. It was Breton\u2019s writing technique: write what comes spontaneously to your head, applied to pictorial artwork to release the mind\u2019s imagination and unconscious thoughts, which was interpreted differently by each artist. With a focus on tapping into involuntary thought processes and interpreting dreams, Surrealist artwork is not limited to a specific artistic style or technique.<\/span> <\/span>Throughout the 1920s, visual artists continued exploring Surrealist concepts in art, seeking complete creative freedom. <\/span>At the core of the Surrealist movement, was a sustained sense of revolt against the expected conventions of artistic practice.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”2_5″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelsyzugazaga2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11621\/2020\/11\/artlimited_img7583282-03.jpg.pagespeed.ce_.kQ5zyiD671.jpg” _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”artlimited_img7583282-03.jpg.pagespeed.ce.kQ5zyiD671″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”110px|||||” min_height=”221px”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||”]

Rene Margritte, Golonde<\/strong> Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.artlimited.net\/agenda\/rene-magritte-the-machine-exhibition-madrid-spain\/en\/7583282<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ custom_padding=”44px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”2_5″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelsyzugazaga2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11621\/2020\/11\/love-song-giorgio-de-chirico.jpg” _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”love-song-giorgio-de-chirico” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”-14px|||||”]

Love Song painted by Giorgio de Chirico in 1914.<\/strong> Source:\u00a0https:\/\/pixels.com\/featured\/love-song-giorgio-de-chirico.html<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”3_5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

The first-ever Surrealism exhibition, titled \u201cLa Peinture Surrealiste,\u201d took place in 1925 at the Galerie Pierre in Paris, firmly establishing the visual components of the movement<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Surrealist artists were not confined to just one medium. Sculptures, painting, lithography, etching, film, photography, and other methods were all part of 1920s Surrealist art. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many Surrealist artists also combined different artistic styles in a single work, exploring the presence of recognizable shapes paired with fluid, uncertain imagery to guide their viewers\u2019 minds without providing concise explanations. The main goal for Surrealist artists was to embrace automatism and to release the mind\u2019s imagination and unconscious thoughts, which was interpreted differently by each artist.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

In 1930 Breton praised Dal\u00ed\u2019s representations of the unconscious in the Second Manifesto of Surrealism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with Magritte, Dali has become the most popular of the surrealists, though there have been many equally good contenders to this coveted position. Still, the world would not have been the same without Dali\u2019s melting clocks, lobster telephone, stilettoed elephants and whatnot. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Surrealist movement in Europe dissipated at the start of World War II, many Surrealist artists relocated away from its epicenter where the movement was reignited, influencing renowned visual artists throughout the 20<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0century.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

Sources:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Breton, Andr\u00e9.\u00a0Surrealism and Painting<\/i>, Icon, 1973<\/span><\/h6>\n
Alexandrian, Sarane.\u00a0Surrealist Art<\/i>\u00a0London: Thames & Hudson, 1970.<\/span><\/h6>\n
Caws, Mary Ann,\u00a0Surrealist Painters and Poets: An Anthology<\/i>\u00a02001, MIT Press.<\/span><\/h6>\n
Surrealist Art<\/i><\/span>. Centre Pompidou Educational Dossiers. Aug\u00a02007<\/span><\/h6>\n

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