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Who’s Who and What’s What from Surrealism to Pop

Who’s Who and What’s What from Surrealism to Pop. Surrealist Dreams. An artistic and literary movement at its height in the 1920’s and 1930’s A revolt against everyday logic Based upon dream fantasies Filled with mixed images, unexpected settings and memories Dreams were the mental realities.

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Who’s Who and What’s What from Surrealism to Pop

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  1. Who’s Who and What’s Whatfrom Surrealism to Pop

  2. Surrealist Dreams • An artistic and literary movement at its height in the 1920’s and 1930’s • A revolt against everyday logic • Based upon dream fantasies • Filled with mixed images, unexpected settings and memories • Dreams were the mental realities

  3. Man Ray1890 - 1976“Nothing is really useless.” • American photographer • Created new artistic effects • Tried to achieve the look of an abstract painting • Used glass “tears” stuck onto the face of a model • Made to look like an actress in a silent movie Glass Tears 1930 -1933

  4. Observatory Time1932 - 1934 Scary scene with exaggeration of size Lips hovering like a UFO

  5. Rene Magritte1898 - 1967“The only thing that engages me is the mystery of the world.” • Made familiar objects strange by changing their scale or putting them in impossible settings • An apple too large to fit into a door • Change of scale - common visual trick The Listening Room - 1953

  6. Castle in the Pyrenees1959

  7. Personal Values1952

  8. Time Transfixed1938 or 1939

  9. Signature in Blank1965

  10. SALVADOR DALI(Himself)

  11. Salvador Dali(1904-1989) • Moved from Spain to Paris • Strange figures and objects in weird landscapes • Often painted 2 scenes in the same painting • Combined natural and unnatural objects

  12. The Persistence of Memory1931

  13. “The only difference between a madman and me is that I am not mad.” Slave Market with Disappearing Bust of Voltaire 1940

  14. Accommodations of Desire 1929

  15. Salvador Dali fears and his Grasshoppers and ants Walking in the grass without shoes Having people see his feet Any transportation except a taxi or his limo Not having his “special” driftwood with him Germs Poisoned food - had chauffeur taste for him

  16. Georgio De Chirico1888 - 1978 • Reality based upon dreams and memory scenes • Mixes objects and sizes, surprises and contradictions The Soothsayer’s Recompense 1913

  17. The Melancholy and Mystery of a Street 1914

  18. The Song of Love 1914

  19. Paul Delvaux1897 - 1994 • Images like DeChirico’s such as Greek temples and steam trains • Ordinary time has no meaning A Skeleton with Shell 1944

  20. Leonora Carrington • The giant baby holding an egg towers over two worlds • A seascape with whales and a woodland with magical creatures - all surreal Baby Giant 1947

  21. Max Ernst1891 - 1976 • Born in Germany - moved to Paris • Experimental works • Meaning of his paintings not always understood • We are free to interpret them as we choose At the First Clear Word 1923

  22. Joan Miro1893 - 1983“The most surreal of us all.” • Born in Spain - moved to Paris • Very poor • Wanted paintings to be child-like and let his emotions show • “Automatism” Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird - 1926

  23. The Harlequin’s Carnival1924 - 1925

  24. To be continued …..as POP! Meret Oppenheim Lunch in Fur 1936

  25. The Pop Explosion • Pop Art dominated the 1960’s • Artists used images seen in movies. packaging and advertisements • Celebrated the modern way of life • Appeared in the United States and Britain

  26. Roy Lichtenstein 1923 - 1997 • Comic strip paintings • Strong use of primary colors • Used lithography, a printmaking process to create large comic-strip paintings

  27. Andy Warhol1928 - 1987 • Born and educated in Pittsburgh, PA • One of the most famous Pop artists • Began as an illustrator working for fashion magazines • Multiple images imitating mass production

  28. More soup cans!

  29. Celebrities “In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” Andy Warhol

  30. Self Portrait(s)

  31. Claes Oldenberg1929 - • Began selling plaster replicas of house hold objects in 1961 • Moved to making soft sculptures (Surrealist idea of using opposites to create art) • Proposed this lipstick monument for London,England

  32. Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything1962

  33. Tom Wesselmann1931 - • Began as a cartoon artist • Used collage together with painting • Brand names important to him • Three dimensional collages Still Life #19

  34. Allan D’Arcangelo1930 - • Marilyn Monroe was the most frequently painted movie star in the 50’s and 60’s • Shown here as a paper doll to be assembled, commenting on the created “image” Marilyn 1962

  35. James Rosenquist1933 - • Began as a sign painter • Uses bright, bold images to create a painting which makes us look twice and see things in a different way Dishes 1964

  36. Child’s Blue Wall 1962 by Jim Dine

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