Surrealism What you need:
Vocabulary BookInk blot paper
A black and a white pastelPen/Pencil
“André Breton,” Man Ray, 1930.
Surrealism - a type of art that breaks away from reality and can appear unreal. It explores dreams,
the unconscious, and multiple levels of realities.
The Unconscious - are thoughts, feelings, and emotions that are supressed, not spoken
of, and may be concidered unordinary.
Salvador Dali “Paranoiac Visage,” 1931
Salvador Dali Paranoic Visage,1935
Paranoiac Critical Method -is the act of “seeing into” and finding a double image.
Roberto Matta “A Grave Situation,” 1946.
Roberto Matta, “Los 5 Destacados, 1975.”
Francis Picabia “The Handsome Pork Butcher,” 1924.
Wifredo Lam “Gravure, Uno,” 1967
André Mason “Automatic Drawing,” 1924.
Automatism- a reflex action, or an act done by a
person who is not conscious of what he is doing.
André Mason “Battle of the Fishes,” 1924.
"Practicing automatism is much like going fishing; you never know whether you will bring home a fish or an old boot." - André Mason
How are our ink blots considered Surrealist?